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on 18/11/2003 2:37 PM, Russ wolfe at russella@prairieinet.net wrote: > I worked for VW for over 30 years, rebuilding engines for 20 yrs, and > never saw a "valve seal" on an air cooled VW engine. They had a square > looking o'ring that they put on the valve stem, but that was to push oil > into the valve guides, not to keep it out. If you have a valve guide > that is worn enough to pass oil, you can expect a broken valve in the > near future. What about smoking on a closed throttle coasting down a hill etc. Is this generally worn valve guides or rings? Ben Doughney '63 1200 - Ringo '71 1600TL '65 1500N - Val '70 411L Variant http://members.tripod.com/~superkafer/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org