[T3] Starting Problem

[Tony Rongey]

Yeah, this was an aftermarket head of unknown origin that came with the parts car.  No marks to identify the manufacturer.  I slapped new P&C on that motor just to get it running with the plan to build a good engine.  It had a rod knock from the start.  That was at least 50k miles ago. :)
 
I've known this valve was sinking for a while, but I was hoping to nurse it through until this spring.  I kept adjusting it out, but as you can see in the pic it finally collapsed all the way into the port so there's no containment at all.
 
Fortunately I had picked up a hardly-used VW head at a swap meet back in the fall.
 
Tony
'70 Fastback AT/FI

From: Dennis Stiefel <dlstiefel at dekalbk12.org>
To: type3 at vwtype3.org 
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Starting Problem




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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Tony
Rongey
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 9:30 AM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Starting Problem

Hmm.  It was late and I was tired when I put the distrubutor back in.  It
felt right, but I'll double check that this evening.
 
PS: Here is the pic of the valve as promised.  You might not want to look at
this if you just ate and own an old VW.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/trongey/Type3/SunkenValve.jpg
 
Tony
'70 Fastback, AT/FI (will be a daily driver as soon as I get it working
again)

Enjoyed the photos.  I suspect this is what is going on with the 71 Std.
Beetle we are going through now as far as the valve goes. Those heads were
installed back in the late 90s but I doubt they have 10,000 miles on them.
The last time we adjusted the valves on it I had to turn the adjusting stud
way out on an exhaust valve. Haven't cracked it open yet. As said in earlier
post cheap heads. I think they had Mexico stamped somewhere on one of them.

Dennis Stiefel 

  

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