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turn your 1.9L into a 2.1L without having to actually buy a 2.1L case
Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 21:26:59 -0600
...those precious valve guides....2.1L heads get the shorter guides which are prone to wear faster than 1.9L valve guides.....I don...
Re: oil usage
Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:14:07 -0700
...The rings were doing their job, but there was some oil getting sucked into the valve guides. Once while descending down a long steep...
AMC Heads
Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:43:12 -0700
...But they will need 4 new valves and 4 new seats and probably guides. I'm deciding what brand of valves to get. Got...
Re: Valve guide removal / replacement
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:38:36 -0500
...The guides in the AMC heads are bigger on the OD so > >STD guides wont work and the press fit is important. The best...
Re: Leaky Valve? 85 1.9L Waterboxer
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 31 Jan 2015 09:58:34 -0500
...Burned or damaged valves are often sign of past engine overheating, worn guides, lots of miles, or past valve jobs not done right or...
Re: Valve guide removal / replacement
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:04:17 -0500
...The guides in the AMC heads are bigger on the OD so >STD guides wont work and the press fit is important. The best...
Re: GEX
Historical mailing list
Fri, 2 Aug 96 10:13:06 +0200
...combinations can make it even worse, floating valves can do all sorts of things to seats, guides, retainers and pushrods... But 5 mm into...
Re: Excessive Oil Usage
Historical mailing list
Wed, 22 Feb 1995 18:36:11 -0500
...the oil may be leaking into the combustion chamber via the valve guides. Burning oil while still having good compression usually means that the...
Re: Sodium filled valves
Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
Sun, 28 Oct 2001 06:14:51 -0500
...It would be quite a feat to accommodate the valve guides in the WBX head. Not sure if it is even necessary in a...
Re: Marvel Mystery Oil?
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Sat, 11 Aug 2001 10:30:12 -0500
...keep them clean, as well as lubricate your valve components, like your valve stems and guides, preventing premature wear of said items. I use...
Re: AMC Heads (My views)
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:14:03 -0400
Ron I think your misstating valve guides when you mean valves I strip lots of cores some with AMC heads and I have seen...
Re: Stalling at stop lights
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:07:37 -0400
...Excessive deposits are caused by poor fuel quality or worn intake valve guides, especially if the seals are missing. (Most are). Warn guides allow...
Re: HELP HC to High at idle 525ppm should be about 70ppm
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:25:38 -0700
...Bad valves, guides, or other engine problems. Leaky exhaust valves obviously cause excessive HC. So will bad guides as the valves won't seat...
Re: Bad Valve
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 2 May 2005 18:25:16 -0400
...My bet is valve. Then you need to determine why the valve failed. Were the guides replaced? Where the seats cut? Something was wrong...
Leakdown test----what do I need, I already have the spark plug-s chraeder valve
Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
Thu, 7 Mar 2002 17:50:23 -0600
...Do I look for air coming out of the exhaust for bad exhaust valve? Air coming into the crankcase indicates bad rings/valve guides...
Re: Installing heads -- what to do?
Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
Mon, 29 Jun 1998 07:57:27 -0400
...You should remove the valve springs and check the valve "rock" to see if the guides are worn. I know this is a pain...
Re: Standard Repair Times - Rings / Heads
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 6 Sep 2005 23:10:53 -0500
If your engine smokes upon startup (as in the morning) and then quits once running, it's likely that the valve guides are worn...
Re: Poorman's Rebuild
Historical mailing list - , Dieter Thiessen
Thu, 14 Sep 2000 19:57:58 EDT
...What a hassle getting these bearings! They also routinely use oversized valve guides. Dennis >> Dennis, can you still buy a new case? if so...
Fw: 1.25 rocker oil consumption is a good thing!
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:13:48 +0100
...If its the valve guides it won't. You can always tell if its the guides or the rings anyway - the exhaust will show...
AMC head 30k report.....
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:14:08 -0500
...What am sure of is the guides and springs are in good condition... You may think twice about putting VW or stronger valves to...
Re: gutless AND unreliable...(C'mon Volkswagen!!)
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:28:29 -0500
...The valves guides have .023" of slop in them. The spec. in Bentley is .047" Would you replace them? This engine is a used...
Re: Smoke after head replacement
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 8 Jan 2012 16:18:50 -0800
...to 'burn things out.' it's not about whether the 'valve guides' leak.. those are not even things that seal.. ( though there can be...
Re: Valve guide removal / replacement
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:22:26 -0500
Hey Fitchen, Are the guide tight or loose, why do you want to remove them? Valve come out from the seat / piston side(inside...
Re: Smokin 1.9
Historical mailing list - davidb
Sat, 22 Jul 2000 08:36:36 -0400
...I guess the list will see how good boston bob's warranty's really are! davidb Chris Stann wrote: > Valve guides? > > What color is...
Re: Black Gold Sucker?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 7 Mar 2000 09:15:04 -0800
All engines use some oil, even the Japanese! Oil gets by the rings and valve guides in proportion to the amount of wear of...
Re: turn your 1.9L into a 2.1L without having to actually buy a 2.1Lcase
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Thu, 14 Mar 2002 08:15:20 -0800
...those precious valve guides....2.1L heads get the > shorter > guides which are prone to wear faster than 1.9L valve guides.....I don...
Re: Engine Rebuild
Historical mailing list - DJD
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 16:56:44 -0400
...This way the effort to operate the valves isn't excessively high=more effective HP, and wear on the valve guides is reduced as...
Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:01:33 -0500
...Blue or Blue-white Smoke - Usually an oil problem - rings, bad valve guides, scored cylinder wall. A compression check is in order on this...
Re: AMC Heads (My views)
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:42:38 -0400
...The point is, why even risk it? My European assembled heads, which do not use the allegedly questionable valve guides, are actually CHEAPER than...
Re: The writings of Gene Berg and ETC.
Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
Fri, 21 Jul 2000 13:04:27 -0600
...In the air-cooled T1 it is > considered maintenance to pull the heads and replace the valve guides at 40K > miles. > > So, the water...
Re: 84 Wolfy-Gas in Oil & oil light intermittent & stutter*long*
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 04:19:58 +0100
...It can also be worn valve guides. What I suggest you do, is change the oil in your engine, and see if the problem...
Re: oil consumption
Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:26:09 -0700
...That leaves valve guides. They've added product to the oil (?) to see if that helps the seals on the valve guides. I'm...
Re: marvel mystery oil
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Wed, 18 Jul 2001 09:43:50 -0500
...BTW, I was talking to Bob Donalds about the burnt valve in my recently acquired 74 Westy, and I told him I was going...
Re: gutless AND unreliable...(C'mon Volkswagen!!)
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 17:51:21 -0800
...The valves > guides have .023" of slop in them. The spec. in Bentley is .047" > Would you replace them? This engine is a used...
Re: 2.1 L push rods
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 8 Feb 2015 10:00:17 -0600
...When the valves > overheat the stems also expand and can jam in the guides. The rods can get > bent trying to open a valve...
Smoke after head replacement
Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
Sun, 8 Jan 2012 14:16:10 -0500
...check the valve guides using gas (I used parts cleaner instead of gas with no signs of leaking along the valve guides) and reinstalled...
Re: ATF for hyd. valves
Historical mailing list
Tue, 20 Sep 1994 12:27:47 -0400
Do you mean putting it in the oil, or running it through the carb? Never tried that, but for sticky valve guides (not hydraulic...
Re: New versus Welded Heads?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 4 Apr 2003 07:33:14 -0500
...Does the engine have 290K on it or just the Van? I have replaced single exhaust valves with success. If the guides are worn...
Re: best gasoline to use
Historical mailing list - J McCavitt
Thu, 3 Oct 2002 14:31:48 -0700
...Next time you need an engine rebuild, put in unleaded-compatible valve guides. If you must, there are lead substitutes available at FLAPS, located...
Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 3 Feb 2015 23:10:41 -0500
...On the Waterboxers excessive valve deposits are usually a sign of something wrong such as worn valve guides or more common excessive piston blow...
Re: Fuel Injection Cleaner
Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
Fri, 10 Feb 1995 16:25:36 -0800
...Yechh! I also think worn valve guides could be a source of oil/gas mix problems. -Erik. NSC Analog Automotive Systems Tel. (408)721...
Bus Depot's Service, long complaint
Historical mailing list - phil cain
Fri, 22 Aug 2003 21:36:37 -0700
...Bus Depot, Order came in nicely, took valve guides to the machine shop to have installed, guides were ordered as standard, when measured they...
Re: Intermittent smoking and rough running.. Inline 4 conversion engine, long..
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:01:38 -0900
...valve stem seals and worn > > guides. > > With the proper tolls, the seals are fairly easy to repalce wit the > > head in > > place. The guides...
Re: black smoke when starting
Historical mailing list
Wed, 11 Jan 95 19:41:25 EST
...This sounds like worn valve guides and is not uncommon in horizontal engines. Some of the oil that stays in the cylinder head valve...
Re: Leak down test----what do I need, I already have the spark plug-s chraeder valve
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 8 Mar 2002 07:25:55 -0500
...Do I look for air coming out of the exhaust for bad exhaust valve? Air coming into the crankcase indicates bad rings/valve guides...
Re: Standard Repair Times - Rings / Heads
Historical mailing list - turbodieseltrooper
Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:59:43 -0700
...check the valve guides out for slop before I torn the cylinder's > off. > > This sounds like a classic case of valve guide wear...
Re: New vs. machined heads, a spinnoff of Engine Replacement or Gasket Fix?
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:17:05 -0400
...valves and guides, or knurled guides and cleaned up > valves..........that's generally called a 'valve job' and not > 'machined'. > As long as valve...
Re: off with her heads
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:21:55 -0700
...typically there are happy with the guides ... and even keep the same valves. Just do a standard valve job and all is fine. I...
Re: WBX replacement/ 5cyl swap
Historical mailing list
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 01:40:09 EST
...Well, actually, the valve guides wear out around 200,000 miles, and >> kind of a generalized statement... maybe in some cases, but the majority...
Re: (compression problems)
Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 20:49:15 -0600
...Also, with high milage, the valve guides can wear out and cause all sorts of valve wear problems because the valves don't always...
Re: Exhaust & intake valve installation question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Tue, 5 Feb 2008 19:20:54 -0800
...exhaust guides wear more than the intakes usually. Valve seals mount to the top of the valve guide basically and the valve stem slides...
Re: Engine Replacement or Gasket Fix?
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:36:39 -0400
...valves and guides, or knurled guides and cleaned up >> valves..........that's generally called a 'valve job' and not >> 'machined'. >> As long as valve...
CIS-E wiring harness FS
Historical mailing list - bobby aquino
Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:30:50 -0700
...I even have a rebuilt cylinder head (all new, all 4 intake valves, all 4 exhaust valves, seals, all 8 guides, all the injector...
Re: (compression problems)
Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
Wed, 6 Jan 1999 14:35:34 -0800
...Also, with high milage, the valve guides >can wear out and cause all sorts of valve wear problems because the valves >don't always...
Re: ? Consequences of Broken Timing Belt (Diesel I4) ?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:15:55 +1200
...If your cambelt breaks you will at least bend all valves, split the valveseals/guides and probably damage the cam, pistons, rods, big-end...
Re: best new heads?
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:27:19 -0400
...some had come through (at that time) with some improperly hardened valve guides or some such thing. I personally have had no warranty claims...
Re: Carat new engine locked up
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 18 Mar 2016 19:34:07 -0400
...is not just a seized valve. If the heads were rebuilt with new guides it is possible the guides were not reamed properly after...
Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:25:12 -0700
...Blue or Blue-white Smoke - Usually an oil problem - rings, bad valve > guides, scored cylinder wall. A compression check is in order on this...
Re: Valve guide removal / replacement
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:31:33 -0600
...Valve guide removal / replacement Hey Fitchen, Are the guide tight or loose, why do you want to remove them? Valve come out from the...
Re: black smoke when starting
Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
Wed, 11 Jan 95 16:42:01 PST
...Worn rings and/or valve guides cause oil to burn, a bluish-grey colored smoke is the result. I would speculate that one of...