Re: Smokey engine
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 4:35 pm
Thanks for the offer but no thanks!!!!!!!!!! A pint one day maybe?
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That will have to suffice I suppose.Paul G wrote:Thanks for the offer but no thanks!!!!!!!!!! A pint one day maybe?
They are pretty much one of the best things ive ever done to the car. Now i can start it up in a car park and not be worried or embarrassed that im gonna create a huge plume of smoke and make everyone point and laugh, or that the wind is gonna blow it all back into the cabin which has happened a few times.Not_Anumber wrote:+1 for the positive effect of changing valve stem oil seals
+ for the quality of Victor Reinz seals & gaskets .
Mr B wrote:Got to be honest here, I'm prepared for the backlash I may get for saying this but I run all my cars on unleaded and I've never had a problem, I don't use any lead substitute in the petrol, I periodically check all the valve lash and touch wood I've had no issue's
Same for me, just unleaded with no additive, driven like that for years now. I always figured that if I did have an issue, I would sort the head then, with the money I've saved from not using additive (that stuff seems very expensive), and if there are no issues then I'm quids in.Mr B wrote:
I'm at 40000 miles with no lead substitute used and no issue's so far
That's the benefit of them - the valve springs mean they can't go anywhere whereas standard seals can rise up the valve stems - they shouldn't of course but it happens.Cosmicbike wrote:Apologies for dragging up an old thread, but I currently have the head off my pinto and have a set of VR top hat stem seals to fit. They do not seem to locate in a very positive manner on the head, do I need to give them a helping hand with a hammer and socket? Can't believe that they are just held in place by the valve spring pressure?
Ta.
So no hammer then, just the valve springs holding them.Peter-S wrote:That's the benefit of them - the valve springs mean they can't go anywhere whereas standard seals can rise up the valve stems - they shouldn't of course but it happens.Cosmicbike wrote:Apologies for dragging up an old thread, but I currently have the head off my pinto and have a set of VR top hat stem seals to fit. They do not seem to locate in a very positive manner on the head, do I need to give them a helping hand with a hammer and socket? Can't believe that they are just held in place by the valve spring pressure?
Ta.
I have done it without a compressor but it is so much easier with one so, yes, get one. And yes, 8 seals.andy007007 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 8:30 am I want to change mine, so just to be clear i need to buy a Valve Spring Compressor Kit and does it have 8 Valve stem oil seals