[T3] Tight exhaust valves

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Sun Dec 29 08:27:14 PST 2013


On 29 Dec 2013 at 8:07, Max Welton wrote:

> On Sun, 12/29/13, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> But that wouldn't affect just exhaust valves would it?

You're right, unless there's some difference in the valve and seat 
alloys that make the exhausts more prone to rust. The alloys ARE 
different, but I don't know about their tendency to rust.

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