[T3] One cylinder dead-not firing-#3

[Dave Hall]

Trouble is, a garage can't afford to do a patch job and have it go wrong
again.  

I had a VW Polo with wrecked big-end bearing.  The garage said they would
have to fit a reconditioned engine for some huge price.  I fixed it with a
bearing set, time and care.  Cost was probably less than 20GBP ($30) for the
parts and a couple of days thinking and a few hours working!  It lasted
another 60,000 miles in the hands of our student sons, who all learned on it
too.  We drove it to the scrapyard at 150K miles as a few things needed
sorting and the interior was worn out - not the engine or gearbox though!

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Dennis
Stiefel
Sent: 22 January 2014 14:18
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] One cylinder dead-not firing-#3




In my conversation today on the phone, I was told that #3 has a collapsed
valve seat.
They
disconnected the #3 injector to prevent gas going in the engine and
corroding the ring.
He recommended a new engine-with
new heads-not rebuilt heads.
I read off the list of things to check, and he kept saying, "None of that
matters, we had the adjuster opened all the way...valve is shot.
You can keep driving it around town on 3 cylinders."
?


If the seat has gone too far to adjust the valve to the point to where it
has no compression then I'd be afraid to crank it up much less drive it.
Sounds like it's about to swallow a valve.  If it has good oil pressure and
no knocking I'd just do a top end over hall. 

Dennis Stiefel  

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