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• Re: * IS AN '86 GL SYNCRO A GOOD BUY?? *
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 19:25:00 -0800
  ...Oil leaks are also fairly common, the valve > guides are a common source. Also not a big problem. I meant "push rod seals" not...
• Re: Exhaust & intake valve instalation question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Feb 2008 17:02:09 -0500
  Did you check the valve guides for wear of play? Worn guides, especially intakes can cause all sorts of running problems from oil consumption...
• Rings or Valve Guides (82 air cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:33:51 -0700
  ...I imagine that the valve guides are worn, and oil comes into the cylinder via the intake valve. Does anyone have a good way...
• Re: Cylinder head repair question
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:18:51 -0500
  ...I have a lapping tool > and compound.A spring compressor to remove all valves. My question is > valve guides? Can these be changed by...
• Re: Cylinder Heads 1970 cc Engines
  Historical mailing list - DOUGLAS
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 00:55:24 -0700
  ...Lopez wrote: > > have you folks heard about the condition which causes burning of the > valves due to loose valve guides, caused by "poor octane...
• Cylinder head repair question
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:56:59 -0800
  ...I have a lapping tool and compound.A spring compressor to remove all valves. My question is valve guides? Can these be changed by...
• Re: Excessive Oil Usage
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Feb 95 16:01:56 PST
  ...If your engine burns oil or if valve guides are worn you will see the blue smoke pouring out of the tailpipe. AT the...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:35:54 -0800
  ...sandblast the > > heads, intake valves and valve covers, press out the valve guides, > > paint the engine tin and valve covers. The owners did the...
• Re: oil consumption
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:38:04 -0700
  I suspect you mean valve guide SEALS, not valve guides. As I posted a couple of weeks ago ... when inline 8 valve 1.8...
• Re: oil consumption
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:10:38 -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...
• Cylinder Heads 1970 cc Engines
  Historical mailing list - Archie J. Lopez
  Wed, 26 Jun 1996 21:09:19 -0700
  have you folks heard about the condition which causes burning of the valves due to loose valve guides, caused by "poor octane" ratings in...
• Re: Intermittent smoking and rough running.. Inline 4 conversion engine, long..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:26:02 -0400
  ...I know nothing about inline VW motors, so the hint about the valve guides and seals being 'weak' is a good clue. I already...
• Re: oversized valve guides?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:12:42 -0500
  ...oversized valve guides? I have a 1.6L NA head that was "rebuilt" six years ago by a local salvage yard. It was installed...
• Re: Valve guide removal / replacement
  Historical mailing list - Herr Wibo Fichten
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:39:22 -0400
  ...Valve guide removal / replacement The valve guides do wear out especially the exhaust side. The intakes run cooler and do not wear as quickly...
• AMC heads------bad valves, replace when you buy the new head
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:20:54 -0600
  ...prices------ $60 for valve job $60 for surfacing $32 install all new 1.9L valve guides $28 to install new exhaust guides $30 to...
• Re: Requested suggestions - cleaning crud (carbon deposits) from valves / ports in cylinder head
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:00:34 -0500
  Heads out---------Put new exhaust valves, period! Have those valve seat redone, check guides for were, mesure spring pressure, change all valve seal (catch...
• Re: Rings or Valve Guides (82 air cooled)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:06:06 -0700
  ...I imagine that > the valve guides are worn, and oil comes into the > cylinder via the intake valve. > > Does anyone have a good way...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:37:12 -0500
  ...Somebody COULD have ground and lapped the valves and left the guides sloppy right before you bought the used head, theoretically, which would result...
• Re: Valve guide removal / replacement
  Historical mailing list - Doug in CA
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:48:00 -0800
  ...Valve guide removal / replacement > > The valve guides do wear out especially the exhaust side. > The intakes run cooler and do not wear as quickly...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:08:13 -0600
  ...Changes in fuels - especially the elimination of lead compounds as lubricants for the valves in their guides on the combustion side of the cylinder...
• Valve guide removal / replacement
  Historical mailing list - Herr Wibo Fichten
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:02:35 -0400
  Hello Vanagonites the world over, Has anyone ever removed the valve guides. Bentley mentions nothing of this procedure and the archives appear to be...
• oversized valve guides?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:21:18 -0500
  ...The valves are audi/vw, and they fit nicely in the guides. I'm not sure what's original, and what isn't. Any...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - Neal Barrentine
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 07:27:22 -0500
  ...sandblast the heads, intake valves and valve covers, press out the valve guides, paint the engine tin and valve covers. The owners did the...
• Re: Intermittent smoking and rough running.. Inline 4 conversion engine, long..
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:00:38 -0400
  ...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: Problem with local service shop (vancouver, BC)... slight rant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:40:44 -0500
  The valves and guides can be checked for free movement with the heads in place. You will need a compressed air source, a fitting...
• Re: AMC heads------bad valves, replace when you buy the new head
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 20:09:31 -0800
  ...60 for valve job > $60 for surfacing > $32 install all new 1.9L valve guides > $28 to install new exhaust guides > $30 to weld...
• Re: Intermittent smoking and rough running.. Inline 4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee www.vwrack.com
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:49:48 -0600
  >The VW I4 engines are notorious for bad valve stem seals and worn guides. >With the proper tools, the seals are fairly easy to...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 01:53:11 -0500
  > ---------------------- > Question (2) > Do you know what metal is used for the valve guides > in todays > engines.Aircraft engines use to use bronze guides. > That...
• Re: Exhaust & intake valve instalation question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Feb 2008 23:13:13 -0500
  ...If you were able to remove the intake valves without de=burring the keeper grooves, most likely the guides are worn. If the guides...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:37:02 -0400
  Valve guides are replaceable. A beast of a job but doable. The real problem of worn valve guides is worn intakes can cuase oil...
• Re: oil consumption
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:50:58 -0700
  If you do find you need valve guides, they come in a top end gasket kit, I think. When I first got my 1...
• Re: Why do I have four bent Intake valves?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 06:00:58 -0400
  Possible the heads were rebuilt with new guides installed. Guides were distorted when pressed and not adequately reamed out. Add some gasoline and or...
• ( four bent valves) fixed
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:10:27 EDT
  Thankyou Bob Donalds for the correct diagnosis that the valves were indeed siezed in the guides because of fuel contamination! I removed the heads...
• Re: Marvel Mystery oil... Should I add it to oil or gas tank (Was: Help! Engine Tapping Noise in Air Cooled Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 16:31:08 -0500
  Chris, Marvelous Mystery oil is excellent protection for your valve stems and guides, especially when going on a LD road trip, if used in...
• Re: Is this the cause of my engine compression problem?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:09:07 -0400
  ...something like a bad valve job with a marginal seal and or tight valve guides or WEAK valve springs can do the same symptoms...
• Re: It's smoking! Help!
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 21:04:57 -0800
  In my experience, the scene you describe means valve guides are going. When you let off of the gas, a (relative) vacuum sets up...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:03:34 -0700
  ...I lapped the valves and checked the guides before doing the leak test. The guides were amazingly tight still. So I knew I had...
• Re: Why do I have four bent Intake valves?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:07:07 -0400
  Jeff the valves can get stuck on the guides when the fuel is contaminated with suger or some other substance that hardens when its...
• new heads $
  Historical mailing list - christian krahforst
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 13:24:44 +0000
  ...without valves. They've the guides and seats installed. Was this a good deal? How do I tell if they're really german or...
• Oil sealing rings on valve shaft???
  Historical mailing list - Aaron J. Wood
  Fri, 9 Feb 1996 21:39:44 +0000
  ...Do I need them? If so where can I get them? Is oil leaking down horizontal valve guides a problem? Thanks Aaron J. Wood...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:46:54 -0700
  ...David --- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > Valve guides are replaceable. A beast of a job but doable. > The real problem of worn valve...
• Re: white smoke/power loss?????
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 08:25:03 -0500
  ...guides where gone and when the oil sloshed into the valve covers the intake vacuum sucked in the oil past the bad valve guide...
• Re: Problem with local service shop (vancouver, BC)... slight rant
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 11:01:31 -0800
  ...valve stem, ( if the seats were cut, the rockers > need to be shimmed out > or the valve stems properly shortened), or the valve > guides...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 05:37:36 -0800
  ...sandblast the >heads, intake valves and valve covers, press out the valve guides, >paint the engine tin and valve covers. The owners did the...
• Re: It's smoking! Help!
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 08:33:59 -0800
  ...the valve guides are not inside the compression chamber. It would indicate bad rings or a burned valve or worn/pitted valve seats. Those...
• Re: It's smoking! Help!
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 00:21:05 -0600
  >In my experience, the scene you describe means valve guides are going. Ben- What's the best solution if this is indeed the case...
• Re: First timer Valve job
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 08:14:14 -0500
  ...a valve job on those heads you'll need enough tools and presses to press in new valve seats, press out the guides and...
• Re: New vs. machined heads, a spinnoff of Engine Replacement or Gasket Fix?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:32:55 -0700
  ...what do you mean by 'machined' ?? If you mean new valves and guides, or knurled guides and cleaned up valves..........that's generally called...
• Re: Standard Repair Times - Rings / Heads
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:02:55 -0500
  ...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: AMC heads------bad valves, replace when you buy the new head
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:24:18 -0800
  ...60 for valve job > > $60 for surfacing > > $32 install all new 1.9L valve guides > > $28 to install new exhaust guides > > $30 to weld...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 01:50:05 -0400
  ...A new set of valves and guides seems to be around $100 - and in my novice mind, new valves would seem to be important...
• Re: Pitted Heads
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 14:27:34 -0700
  ...The valves and guides were fine. I was impressed with the durability of the valves and guides on my 1984 1.9. That is...
• Re: vanagon Burning a lot of oil
  Historical mailing list - Derek
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 19:28:22 -0700
  ...worn intake valve guides and/or hardened valve guide seals, can certainly provide the clearances to cause oil consumption. You will notice bluish smoke...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:30:33 -0700
  Yes, you are right that valve guides must be checked to be within the wear limit to be reusable. Bentley says to insert a...
• Re: Valve guide removal / replacement
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:35:54 -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: 2.1 L push rods
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Feb 2015 10:15:30 -0500
  ...When the valves overheat the stems also expand and can jam in the guides. The rods can get bent trying to open a valve...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:26:07 -0400
  ...I lapped the valves and checked the guides > before doing the leak test. The guides were amazingly tight still. > So I knew I had...
• Re: Intermittent smoking and rough running.. Inline 4 conversion engine, long..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:13:21 -0400
  ...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: Heads
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:29:56 -0500
  The stem seals on the intakes prevent oil from being sucked down the valve guides. Especially important as the guides wear. They do eventually...
• Re: Marvel Mystery oil... Should I add it to oil or gas tank (Was: Help! Engine Tapping Noise in Air Cooled Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 21:06:06 +0100
  At 16:31 15/07/01 -0500, Terry Kay wrote: >Marvelous Mystery oil is excellent protection for your valve stems and >guides, especially when...