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No, general consensus reccomends a valve job at about 60K, the real anal folks do it at 50K and by 80K nearly all the procrastinators have swallowed a valve. I think that VW valves are likely to last a lot longer than aftermarket ones though, so with aftermarket valves you may want to do a valve job earlier rather than later. Valve geometry will also lead to early failure if its wrong or poorly set up. I did my last valve job with 70K on one of the heads and found the exaust valves pitted and quite worn. Keith Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo" 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" 87 golf "Winterat" 93 RX7 "Redstur" -----Original Message----- From: Roush, Norman [mailto:norman.roush@hp.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 11:40 AM To: type3-d@vwtype3.org Subject: [T3] Recommended time for valve job? IIRC Bill Fisher's book suggests a valve job is needed after 30K miles. If the compression is OK and the engine is running well is a valve job recommended at 31K miles? Thanks, Norman 68 Squareback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~