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Subject: Re: [T3] valve seats... > On 10 Mar 2001, at 12:15, Russ Wolfe wrote: > > > Even after VW went to the water cooled engines, they had problems with valve > > guides. Follow an old VW Rabbit down the road, and watch the puffs of smoke > > when he shifts gears. > > Yeah, but THAT was a seal problem. Weren't the guides fine? > No, the guides were bad too. New seals would stop the smoking problem for a while. They were a very short guide compared to the length of the valve stem. I have probably put in as many WC guides and AC'ed. And on the WC engines, it was both the intakes and the exhaust. Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe