RE: [T3] Valve stem seals ?

["Toby Erkson" <icbm@icbm.org>]

Huh?  Can you explain this more because I don't understand.  I've seen other
engines with the valves directly above the pistons...can't get too much
higher than that. 

     Toby Erkson  --  air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing,
     '73 Porsche 914, '90 Wet Jet
     http://www.icbm.org/
     Portland, Oregon

>-----Original Message-----
>...VW is one of the few 
>engines in the world that have their valve at the highest 
>point in the engine. And they are inclined upwards from there. 
>This is why VW has nevr really needed valve "Seals"
>such as other engines use.

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