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Bob, how many miles did these valves have on them before they failed? Was there any warning with the adjustments? Where they aftermarket valves? Keith Well, over the last 15 years, I've had 3 VW engine failures. Two of them were in a 76 beetle (my daily driver, even in winter, so I had a spare laying around), and the last was my Roadster. The bug engine failures were the valve head separating from the stem (one even snapped the cam in 2 after it went thru the piston, and bent the rod), while the t-3 engine ate the rod bearing. All 3 of these engines had a #4 failure of some sort. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~