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Re: do the valves or dont



definitely get the guides done.  they are an achilles heel of the il5 engine in turbo or
n/a form.  btw you don't say what your motor is.  worn guides are usually noticed by 
a smokey exhaust on over-run (eg. bottom of a hill on trailing throttle).

the work won't affect the bottom end at all.  although some people would also do
big-ends and rings and give the bores a light hone while they were at it.  i certainly would.

-dave.
'93 s2
'90 ur-q


..>
..>with the head now at the machine shop I dropped off the valve seals.
..>the tech removed 1 valve so I could see it. It looked ok to me(dosent 
..>mean much) he said there is some play in the valve guide not alot but 
..>some. Now the car never smoked or used a drop of oil, at 85k should ido 
..>the valves and replace the guides. the cost was around $150.  If I do 
..>this work will it have any affect on the lower end since we are not 
..>upgrading anything down there
..>
..>thanks 
..>BOB RUSSELL  89 200Q
..>
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