Re: Valve guides

["Linus D. Toy" <linust@interramp.com>]

I don't agree here.  While the original 1.6L 4 cylinder did have short valve
guides and consequent wear problems, exacerbated when some folks used too
good a valve stem seal (prevents oil from lubricating valve stem/valve
guide).  this was much improved with the bigger 1.8L 4 cylinder (and thus
2.2L 5 cylinder) engines.  The '85 4k 4 cylinder is the 1.8L and, properly
treated, should last much more than 80k miles.  We've had 2 Rabbits and 5
Audis in the family in the last 18 years, and except for oneof the Rabbits,
no valve guide problems.  

At 12:20 PM 6/20/96 GMT, Paul G. Christie wrote:

>I have had experience with Audi's for over 15 years and it is common for them
>to wear valve guides as the were designed with a very short guide and have
>heavily rated valve springs.
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