[T3] Tight exhaust valves

[Jim Adney]

On 28 Dec 2013 at 9:54, Jacob Adam Schroeder wrote:

> Jim: You are correct.  Although I rebuilt the engine back in 1997, the car
> has seen few miles until recently.  I'm not sure how many, but I expect I
> have put on less than 10,000 miles since the rebuild and maybe a lot less.
> Nowadays, I've been driving the car 20 miles each way to work on an almost
> daily basis, so I'm racking up the miles now.  I'll be sure to keep a close
> eye on these on a regular basis.

With infrequent use, it's always possible that there was some 
corrosion on the valve seats or valves that made your previous 
adjustment invalid. Once that corrosion wore away, you'd have tight 
valves. It doesn't take much running to get those surfaces back to 
bare metal, but it takes some.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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