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• Re: White smoke?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:17:24 -0400
  ...Grayish white smoke is usually caused by excessive oil from bad rings, burned piston, valve guides, etc. Dennis >From: Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO...
• Re: Fuel Injector (or wiring) Question: Deceleration, Fuel Shutoff Mode
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:37:22 -0700
  ...Time for a leak down test and > measure valve lift. Bad valves/guides can cause all sorts of funky stuff. > Except for the O2...
• Re: Intermittent smoke after stop signal wait...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:36:14 -0700
  is it blue are black smoke ? Worn guides or valve seals is what I'm suggesting right now. you're not running a cat...
• rebuilding a 2.1 engine. tips, suggestions wanted
  Historical mailing list - Gary
  Sun, 20 Feb 2000 20:54:15 -0700
  ...Getting heads rebuilt with guides, seats, new exhaust valves. Rebult is about 1/2 price of new heads. 2. Use old lifters and push...
• Re: Smoking 2.1 troubleshoot--> Help!
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 19:50:55 -0700
  ...whatever caused the first exhaust valve to fail has also damaged the others, or if valve seats/guides/rings/etc. are also in bad...
• Re: Problem with local service shop (vancouver, BC)... slight rant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:44:09 -0500
  ...valve stem, ( if the seats were cut, the rockers need to be shimmed out or the valve stems properly shortened), or the valve guides...
• Bob Hoy Wasser Gasket Kits: Opinions Wtd
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Mon, 29 Jul 1996 22:18:25 -0500 (CDT)
  ...about 8 yrs ago on a T1 longblock with poorly reamed valve guides. I've vowed never to buy from them again. The local...
• Re: ECU Chip Upgrade Info/Dennis Haynes concerns
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 10:54:45 -0400
  ...My beetle running a Cam with 40k on the engine is getting ready for a valve job now due to guides being worn and...
• More tidbits on my bus
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 01 May 1995 21:57:51 +0600
  ...I figure that with 115~120 psi, the only thing that could be really worn is the valve guides. I am really at a...
• Re: back on the road
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 17:08:38 -0400
  ...The old fuel gummed up the valve guides and hung an exhaust valve. The fix involves pulling and full disassembly of the head. I...
• 1985 westy a/c problem-insuficent cooling r-12 system
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:30:31 -0700
  ...this covered in trouble shooting guides.No one dares to touch this setting before installing a new valve. I dont think a restriction exists...
• Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:49:55 -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: 1.9TD engine FS
  Historical mailing list - Buffalo 66
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 06:32:57 -0800
  ...valves are good, the valve guides are > good, > > the Mains and rods ane nice, the rings were just > > within tolerance. > > typical cracking between valves...
• Re: Fuel Pressure Question...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 22:54:28 -0400
  ...Stmbling problems are usually caused by intake vacuum leaks, uneven fuel delivery (bad injectors), bad intake valves or guides or excessive deposits on the...
• Re: Standard Repair Times - Rings / Heads
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 23:53:40 -0400
  ...Oil burning and smoking can also be worn valve guides. The intakes were once fitted with slingers or fixed seals on the valve stems...
• Half lilley was Boston Bobs AMC rantings
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 14:38:02 -0500
  ...guides. reworking the heads as you can see in the chart I have increased flow beyond the ratio rockers but at lower valve lift...
• Re: How long to do a valve job and replace the seats?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 18:18:49 -0500
  If the compression is good, but oil consumptions is high, the suspicions would be that the valve guides are wearing out. On every intake...
• Re: True cost of AMC heads for 1.9L and 2.1L: bare for $240 to $216!
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 09:46:28 -0600
  ...I was at the web site and have been trying to discern if the bare heads include guides and seats. I would be interested...
• Re: blow-by to the limit ... what limits?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 9:09:44 PST
  ...Excessive blowby combined with crappy heads (leaky valves/valve guides) forces a lot of oil into the cylinders. Past a certain load/rpm point...
• Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:03:01 -0600
  ...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: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:52:02 -0700
  ...I've done the head once, when I built this motor it got valve guide seals Only... the guides were within spec. Sparkplugs looked...
• stock rebuild
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 00:30:51 -0700
  ...funds Pistons & cylinders-$440 main-------------------$100 Gasket set------------$180 Rings-------------------$ 50 Rod Bearings--------$ 15 Valve guides---------$ 5 I know this is a short list...
• Re: VW rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 May 2002 23:39:06 -0400
  ...The case is probably aligned bored and the exhaust valve guides are oversized. The crank may or may not have been cut. I have...
• Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 05:41:19 EST
  ...The heads usually have oversized valve guides. Don't know if valves are new or reground. Flywheel, pulley, push rod tin, oil cooler and...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:13:14 -0700
  ...If the valve >> guides are worn it is likely time for new heads. These are a heat the >> head >> to 400 and cool the...
• Re: Oil consumption by Vanagon engine
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 28 May 2003 07:55:34 -0700
  ...Worn valve guides will get worse before they get better. Monitor spark plugs for fouling. Don't panic just because you have to add...
• Big Engine For Sale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Nov 94 14:27:57 PST
  ...valve dia. > o Valve pocket port and contouring > o Stellite hardened exhaust valve seats (for unleaded fuel) > o Hone-fitted bronze valve guides (durable...
• Re: Manifold vacuum specs?-Leak down testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:26:36 +0000
  ...Poor valve seating is usually the result of worn guides. Loosening the lifters may provide temporary relief but this is not the fix. If...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer System Delete. Cause Bog Off Idle?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 12 Apr 2015 09:59:03 -0700
  ...Excessive > valve deposits, poor injector spray patterns and even worn valves/guides are > common culprits. Unplugging the throttle switch will completely remove that > as...
• Sway bars
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:38:11 -0700
  ...You may have worn guides, in which case the extra lateral force on the valve stem with the 1.25s would cause even more...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:28:03 -0400
  ...coolant for exhaust valves and guides. The intake valve is cooled by intake air, but the only cooling the exhaust valve has is through...
• Re: 1.25 or 1.4 rocker arms?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 21:32:59 -0400
  ...I have seen the guides close around the valve due to the retainer striking the guide when ratio rocker are used on bug engines...
• Re: Tips on passing emissions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:51:58 -0400
  ...Oil carry over from overfilling, worn guides, or intake valve stem seals missing. Improperly adjusted ignition timing, (over advanced)causing throttle to be too...
• Re: Valve adjustment advice
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Dec 2015 18:43:00 -0500
  ...for cutting the valve seats or grinding the faces. Excess side load can cause wear of the stem end and guides. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:16:36 -0400
  ...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: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:21:07 -0400
  ...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: WBX replacement
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:13:54 -0600
  ...Well, actually, the valve guides wear out around 200,000 miles, and you can expect to replace the lifters at least once, and you...
• Re: Brass Coolant Connectors = Failure?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 3 Jul 2012 07:54:59 -0500
  ...Brass guides are pretty standard as valve guides in engine heads, where the temperatures often exceed event that. Brass fittings are used in airplanes...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:00:32 -0700
  ...I suppose oil gets quite hot near the exhaust valve guides.. but that's only a tiny bit of the oil of course .. the...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:25:40 -0800
  ...the exhaust valve guides go south in about 30K miles... if you lift the valve up off the seat .., the valve has almost 1...
• Re: Performance Upgrades?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 29 Dec 1999 02:25:31 EST
  ...All these are external items, IF you KNOW that your valve guides are in good condition, you can add ratio rockers (I would not...
• Re: Residual Fuel Pressure: hold for 1 hour?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 16:47:13 -0800
  ...off the > cylinder walls and can even mess up intake valves and guides. -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com...
• Re: water in my exhaust..
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:50:57 -0400
  ...rings/pistons/cylinders worn, leaking valve guides. Can also be caused by an oil leak - if oil is leaking on to something very hot...
• Re: Squeaks/longevity
  Historical mailing list - Jess Lopatynski
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 01:21:58 -0500
  ...My mechanic said that the oil consumption was from worn valve guides only, as pistons, barrels , and all bearing where still within standard spec...
• Re: It is indeed Friday ...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:27:33 -0700
  ...down the road by that amazing 1500 single port w/ no valve guides left (hard to see the rebel flag through the purple haze...
• Re: Cylinder Heads...cleaning up
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 06:25:25 EDT
  ...Here my local shop charges $125 CND to do two heads with new valves, guides, reground seats and bead blasted. When they come back...
• RE: lead & valves
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Sat, 23 Nov 1996 00:11:12 -0700
  ...transition to = chrome stem valves with the tri-metal exhaust valve. This, along with = the steel seats and brass guides that have always been...
• Re: Why adjust valves?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 11:33:59 -0700 (PDT)
  ...valve tip, the valve keepers, the valve keeper grooves, the spring retainers, the seating surface of the spring, the guides, and finally, the valve...
• rebuild again?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
  Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:44:39 -0400
  ...sent heads back to mark stephens, they did a valve job, replaced exhaust guides, and flycut heads (no charge except shipping, although what i...
• Re: Compression Question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 15:01:49 -0500
  ...Also run about 8 oz in every tank of gas for that 1000 miles, it will de carbonize the heads, valves, stems, guides. Then...
• Re: 1.9L exhaust smoke after sitting for 30 days
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:20:05 +0000
  ...Maybe the valve guides and letting oil drip down. If it clears and there are no other problems or excessive oil consumption, don't...
• Re: oil usage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:42:15 -0400
  ...I think it is due to that 23 piece oil control ring or some loss down the intake valve guides. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Engine teardown - 2.1L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 12 Jun 2015 20:37:55 -0400
  ...What sources are specifically German? How about valve guides and valve retainers or keepers? John On Jun 10, 2015 7:27 PM, "Stuart MacMillan...
• Re: 84 Wolfy-Gas in Oil & oil light intermittent & stutter*long*
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 20:17:39 EST
  ...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: Low Compression after Spark Plug Incident
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 23:28:03 -0500
  ...sticking valves, worn valve guides, overall compression, valve timing, a single bad cylinder, and more, can be cleverly diagnosed with this tool. dan On...
• help from you breadloafers or former ones...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 Aug 94 17:28:43 EDT
  ...He took out the motor, took off the head put on new valves and new valve guides resurfaced the head (s?), put them into...
• 2.5L 120HP waterboxer.....that runs on 91 octane......90mm stroke by 94mm bore....and pases smog...hmmm?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:58:59 -0600
  ...but the intake valve guides are too short, prone to premature valveguide wear and have to be replaced The valves I'm told are...
• Re: ECU Chip Upgrade Info/Dennis Haynes concerns
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 23:51:19 -0400
  ...My beetle running a >Cam with 40k on the engine is getting ready for a valve job now due to >guides being worn and...
• Re: Ratio Rockers & Oil Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 14:20:04 -0700
  ...The valve guides where > checked when the heads were done at the machine shop > and they were in great shape (only 35k miles on...
• Re: First oil change
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 4 Nov 1994 11:56:09 CST6CDT
  ...This puts a strong vacuum in the combustion chamber during deceleration and pulls oil by the not-yet-seating rings and valve guides thereby...