One more thing. Somebody COULD have ground and lapped the valves and left the guides sloppy right before you bought the used head, theoretically, which would result in a valve that passed the lacquer thinner test but had a worn guide. But it's not likely that would happen. It has been my observation that every diesel and watercooled gas VW head I've ever examined has had pretty decent guides except for the ones that weren't sealing at the head and set. That is AN indicator, but not the only indicator, of bad guides. Jim On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, if it weren't straight in the guide, it messes up the seat as it > chatters around. If the guide is worn out, the seat certainly won't be > as good as it could be. > > Jim > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Mike <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote: >> How do you figure? That's not how it works...... >> >>> To me, if a valve is seating well and sealing well, it means that the >>> guide must be in pretty good shape. >> >> > |
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