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Re: Possible disaster???

To: Theo Smit <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
Subject: Re: Possible disaster???
From: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 09:37:08 -0800
Scott,

I believe you might want to bring the piston in that cylinder to near 
the top of it's stroke. In case of a compressure pressure failure the 
valve will not drop to the bottom of the bore in a BDC cylinder.  :-(

Steve

Theo Smit wrote:

>You can remove a single valve spring and seal by putting a
>compressed-air fitting in place of the spark plug, using compressed air
>to hold the valves up, and then using a lever type valve-spring
>compressor to remove the spring. If you want to take a chance on it
>being just the seal then this would be the way to go.
>
>Good luck,
>Theo
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Jen/Scott
>Sent: December 18, 2003 8:15 AM
>To: tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: Possible disaster???
>
>
>Well, I unbolted the header from the head, and sure enough, it is oily
>inside of the exhaust port. I can only assume that the one exhaust valve
>needs a new seal. This is a major blow to me because the engine has less
>than 1200 miles on it since a rebuild (in 1984 though). I tightened the
>header bolts better than they were, so hopefully that might help the
>leaking onto the headers. However, I would like to try to seal that
>valve without removing the head. It seems like such a waste to do all
>that work for one leaky valve. Can anyone recommend a solution? Possibly
>an oil additive or another alterative? Thanks
>
>Scott
>  
>
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Steve Laifman
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