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• Re: cold start skipping
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:05:50 -0500
  ...plugs), Bad injector spray patterns, Excessive deposits on the intake valves, worn valve guides, or a compression problem. The fuel leak means removing the...
• Valve seals
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 23:58:54 -0400
  ...Worn intake guides will > actually suck oil from the back of the head into the manifold. The valve > stem seals are probably missing either...
• RE: 85 Vanagon Engine
  Historical mailing list - Dyen Fred D.
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:10:16 -0900 (AKST)
  ...What is involved is removing both heads and having any welding and resurfacing done in conjunction with a set of new valve guides, with...
• Re: NVC: 3d printed manual transmission
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 18 Mar 2015 21:24:01 -0400
  ...of stuff not metal > Oil baffles > Wrist pin buttons > Timing chain guides > Valve stem seals-slingers > > Some day we will be able to down...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:38:49 -0700
  The coolant pulls heat from the heads ie the roof of the combustion chamber, the valve seats, the exhaust valve guides and ports and...
• Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:58:34 -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...
• Re: Low idle, hard cold starting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:28:12 -0500
  ...Oil here indicates bad valve guides. An oil scraper ring can be installed on the intake valve stems to stop oil from being sucked...
• Re: Unreal oil consumption on diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - olmcons
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 19:18:05 -0400
  ...I would always replace the valve guides & seals when doing rings. Replacing the exhaust valves is also a good idea at this time. -- Diesel...
• Re: Not quite a backfire . .Over running the engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:44:49 -0400
  ...after some time oil will get sucked into the intake valves through the guides. Sometimes during this scenario you will get some unburned fuel...
• ?motor deal
  Historical mailing list - Dixie
  Mon, 2 Dec 1996 02:40:55 GMT
  ...crackless than i was planning on replaceing intake and exhaust valves and guides install new head gaskets and such and be on my way...
• Re: Black Gold Sucker?
  Historical mailing list - byard
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 10:29:33 -0800
  ...Stuart MacMillan wrote: > > All engines use some oil, even the Japanese! Oil gets by the rings and > valve guides in proportion to the amount...
• What's Wrong With my Compression?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 2 Jun 2007 20:56:28 -0700
  ...All vlave guides are tight (no wear I can feel especially intake valves). After lapping I checked valve seating by pouring rubbing alcohol into...
• Re: Commentary on Air Cooled Cylinder Heads
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 17:41:07 -0500
  ...They also market Valves and Guides of their own manufacture for many rebuilders. Thats it folks. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia On Tue...
• Re: Post winter storage sticky valve noise
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sat, 11 Apr 2015 15:06:41 -0400
  ...A combination of low > oil pressure, worn lifter guides, and clogged lifter check valves. They > pump up eventually as long as the lifter internals...
• Re: Fuel or Electrical Part III
  Historical mailing list - jeff ensing
  Sun, 9 Dec 2018 12:57:58 -0500
  I had an intake valve break like this. It was indeed on an engine that had experienced the seized valve in the guide scenario...
• Re: Cold start issue [BACK AGAIN]
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:45:48 -0400
  ...Poor compression, bad valve guides, bad lifters holding valves open, excessive deposits behind the intake valves, intake leaks, etc. Next is poor injector spray...
• Performance Cams.....to cam or to ratio rocker....that is the que stion
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:45:36 -0600
  ...without putting ratio rockers in and suffering excessive sideload on the valve guides. The stock 1.9L cam grind is different than the 2...
• Re: do we have a vacuum leak?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:07:21 -0400
  ...How many miles on your engine? Original valve guides? This is in line with the result of my experiment that I posted last Thurs...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:24:07 -0700
  ...valve seats, the exhaust valve guides and ports and the > outside of the cylinder liners. > > The oil cools the cam lobes, lifters and valve...
• Re: Cause of smoke upon startup after van sits several days?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 24 May 2005 06:12:38 -0400
  ...If not, could be oil getting past the intake valve guides. Heavy gray smoke is oil. White smoke could be coolant getting through head...
• Re: Bus Depot's Service, long complaint
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:50:10 -0400
  ...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: Main bearings/rod bearings/bolts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:58:12 -0800
  ...sure its the ring using the oil? Did you replace the valve > guides, and seals? Do a compression test, maybe one or so rings...
• Re: Head and valve condition
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:11:06 -0600
  ...Do the valves and seats need regrinding? Are the valve guides within specs? These are the things that matter most, and a visual inspection...
• Re: Freeze plug leaking coolant, Leaking head gasket-diesel
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Wed, 04 Dec 1996 17:07:55 -0500
  ...I ended up replacing all the guides and all the valves. Also broke 3 of the cam followers. Luckily it didn't lunch out...
• Re: Check my head?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:18:05 -0800
  ...If they are figuring new guides , possibly new exh. valves ...I like their number better. Slightly leaking valves don't seem to hurt much...
• Re: ?motor deal
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Mon, 2 Dec 1996 00:00:37 -0700
  ...crackless than i was planning on replaceing intake and exhaust valves > and guides install new head gaskets and such and be on my way...
• 1986 Vangon Cylinder head leaks - repair / Vanagon parts
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harris
  Tue, 22 Oct 1996 00:41:11 -0700
  ...place that will rebuild heads? Do the rebuilt heads include new valves/guides? Also, where is a good (cheap) place to buy VW parts...
• Re: Good Price on 1.9l heads? - Not just AMC...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:44:19 -0700
  ...same as my AMC heads (and do not have the suspect valve guides). I haven't seen the Kolbenschmidt-branded ones for a while...
• Re: Engine rebuild break-in
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 21:45:05 -0400
  ...Another possibility is that the intakes valves or guides are worn-oversized allowing oil to get sucked down the guide. I'll also bet...
• Cylinder Types
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:52:07 -0600
  ...The head was an assembly made up of a machined aluminum casting, with valve seats, valves guides, etc. pressed in. The head was threaded...
• Re: 1.9 heads on a 2.1 motor?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:33:01 -0700
  ...Perfect ! I can't see any downsides other than the cost of the development and the heads, valves, seats, guides, springs etc....... I'd...
• FS: 1974 HighTop Camper (Fla) 5.850.00 obo
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Murray
  Mon, 05 Feb 1996 21:59:04 +0000
  ...New Cyls and Mahle pistons/Rings., New Bronze valve guides on exhaust with new exhaust valves, Weber progressive carb with K and N air...
• Re: cylinder hone question
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:42:22 -0800
  ...heads in for redoing them with new guides and recut the seats and grind the valves. After all, the heads are the ones that...
• Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:19:34 -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: 84 Vanagon Intermittent Smoking
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 23:44:39 -0400
  ...Bad rings or valve guides will usually cause smoking at idle. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Re: Enigma: where's the oil going?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 May 2012 17:53:02 -0400
  ...The cylinders being on their side, consumption through the intake valve guides, fuel dilution causing burn off al can have an effect. One also...
• My Van
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 16 Jul 2022 18:17:34 -0500
  ...All new bearings, including mains, new rings, heads, valves, guides. All the internals. So if these are 300,000 mile engines, I'll prol...
• Re: my vanagon sob story
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:36:32 EST
  ...ve generally given up on replacing guides and the like as they are just not worn..So..valve job? the "trade" cost for labor...
• Re: Tips on passing emissions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:59:03 -0700
  ...to cylinder, rings, or valve problem. > Valve problem-exhaust. > Oil carry over from overfilling, worn guides, or intake valve stem seals > missing. > Improperly adjusted...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 30 Jun 2016 to 1 Jul 2016 - Special issue (#2016-220)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 1 Jul 2016 20:59:26 +0000
  ...At one point it was smoking on startup that one mechanic explained away as leaky valve guides, so I lived with it. The last...
• Rebuild time
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sun, 1 Dec 96 08:08:59 -0500
  ...I am thinking of at least getting valve guides and seals, but I'll have to see them to see what they need. Any...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer System Delete. Cause Bog Off Idle?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Apr 2015 09:19:52 -0400
  ...Excessive valve deposits, poor injector spray patterns and even worn valves/guides are common culprits. Unplugging the throttle switch will completely remove that as...
• Re: Windage, Ullage, Oil Temps
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:27:19 -0600
  ...lightened valves, shaved all traces of the valve guides out of the intake and exhaust ports, Teflon valve stem seals, lightweight valve spring retainers...
• '89 Westfalia for Sale (dialed!)
  Historical mailing list - Clark, Patrick, NLNS
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 19:18:00 -0500
  ...2.1 wasserboxer Custom machined Manley heads and valve guides (44mm exhaust x 37.5mm intake). Stainless Manely Valves, 022D ECU with Vee Dub...
• Fwd: Advice wanted (and maybe some sympathy) on what looks somewhat major..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:34:01 -0700
  ...I know the inline VWs are hard on valve guides and those have never been touched, nor have any of the valves, other than...
• OES, 5-20 etc
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 18:56:37 -0800
  ...The problem with low vis oils is their inherent propensity to slip by the rings and valve guides at nominal operating temperatures requiring a...
• Re: WAS: OBD Reader.... NOW: High and Low Voltage Wires. Problem Solved??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:49:59 -0700
  ...worn valve guides or seals, carbon deposits on the top side of the intake valves .. things like that. I never hear of it anymore...
• Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:13:57 -0500
  ...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: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:23:50 -0700
  ...head once, when I built this motor it got valve guide > seals Only... the guides were within spec. Sparkplugs looked right when I > replaced...
• DaBoat 2-liter update - bad heads :(
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sat, 4 Nov 1995 13:23:26 -0800 (PST)
  ...Such a shame too cause these heads were already flycut with bigger, TRW valves, and the guides were not worn at all. I pulled...
• Real Life Motor Mods That Work
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 13:08:22 -0400
  ...Heads completely rebuilt with slightly larger valves (34mm rather than 31? I think) all new seats, springs, guides, etc. ($400) 2. Replaced VW 94mm...
• Re: A couple of head repair Q's:'81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 14:42:42 EDT
  ...will have the cylinder walls scored, the piston skirts scraped, the valve guides shot, etc. By the time you replace/futz with all of...
• '76, FI Bus: problems with smoke
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 27 Apr 1996 16:54:02 -0700
  ...bad rings or valve guides would happen more slowly? right? 2) The fact that the smoke happens when the muffler is attached tells me...
• Re: valves -> rebuild
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Oct 1995 01:21:46 -0500
  ...If the reading doesn't increase much or any, the valves are not seating well or are burned or the valve guides/seats are...
• Re: Brass Coolant Connectors = Failure?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 3 Jul 2012 06:52:03 -0700
  ...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: Engine Advice Needed-Valve lifters and adjusters.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 May 2014 08:40:16 -0400
  ...Although rare on high mileage engines noisy lifters can be caused by the valves sticking in the guides. I have seen on new engines...
• Re: Getting closer to the high idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 00:17:47 -0400
  ...The cause was apparently the worn ring syndrome, or combo of worn valve guides and seals, allowing the car to run on oil blow...
• Re: '87 vanagon - new heads or new engine? help!
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 17 May 1999 20:53:56 -0400
  ...If you aren't passing smog, and your van has 180k on it, there is no doubt the heads (valves, guides, etc) are worn...
• Re: How long does it take your Vanagon to warm up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 May 2005 10:14:50 -0400
  If oil is getting down the valve guides, build can happen quickly. Driving habits can also add to this. I use the Techron cleaner...
• Re: Kerosene to clean out engine before oil change
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:53:29 -0600
  ...cause engines to smoke if it removed the crud around the valve guides and piston rings. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www...