[T3] Trouble home from Bugorama

Jim Adney jadney at VWType3.org
Mon Nov 9 14:00:03 PST 2015


On 9 Nov 2015 at 13:07, Jacob Adam Schroeder wrote:

> 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.

Ask him if he can check the valve springs. Most shops have the tools 
to do this, and it would be high on my suspect list for this kind of 
failure. Bad springs seldom look bad; they have to be tested.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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