[T3] Trouble home from Bugorama

Jacob Adam Schroeder jacob.schroeder at gmail.com
Mon Nov 9 13:07:51 PST 2015


On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 6 Nov 2015 at 13:01, Jacob Adam Schroeder wrote:
>
> > I am fairly confident my guy replaced them.  Here is a link to the heads
> > after he was finished and before he installed them:
>
> >
> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xRmCpOoqDV5FPQytc8lZjtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
> >
> > If you go back a few pictures earlier in the album, you can see him
> > installing the valve guides.
>
> I can see him removing the old ones, so he must have replaced them.
> I'm starting to suspect either inferior valves or a defective valve
> spring.
>
>
I spoke with my new guy last week and he has since torn down my old heads.
In addition to the obvious stuff that you can see, he said the intake valve
guides were loose and that he plans to replace those.  Next time I chat
with him I'll see what else he noticed.
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