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Re: [T3] Valve stem seals ?


On Sat, 2006-05-06 at 09:00, Matthew Jones wrote:
> Sorry for the basic question:
> 
> Which valves get the valve stem seals?
> 
> I have 4 square section fibre washers in my pile of dirty valve parts,  
> and I can't remember which valves they came off. All the books (and  
> this list's archive) simply mention "the seals" and seem to assume  
> there are 8. And in my full seal kit, there are 4 little rubber  
> O-rings which have the right I.D., but somehow this doesn't seem right.
> 
>  From what I read in the archive, the "seals" are actually for  
> scraping a bit of oil INTO the guide, so I'd guess they should go on  
> the exhaust valves.

You are correct, they are to scrape oil into the exhaust valve guids. VW
started putting them on when they atarted having problems with exhaust
valve guide wear.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'71 FB AT
'66 FB MT
'64 T34 (not running)
'65 T1 (not running)
'05 KIA Sorento SUV
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org

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