On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Paul Guzyk <paullist08@guzyk.com> wrote: > Instead of going camping this weekend, I decided to work on one my vans with a stuck engine (silly me). > > Pulled engine, noticed two AMC heads installed by a previous owner. > > Pulled #1,2 head, noticed this fun stuff inside; #2 exhaust valve was broken off and banging around inside the cylinder. I guess that is why the engine would not turn :) > > http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj285/baboonia/vanagon/vwvalve1.jpg > http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj285/baboonia/vanagon/vwvalve2.jpg > http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj285/baboonia/vanagon/vwvalve3.jpg > http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj285/baboonia/vanagon/vwvalve4.jpg > > Perhaps this is why everyone says when you use AMC heads -- you should install better exhaust valves than the ones that come from AMC? > Niiiice Sounds kind of sick to say, but cool to see pics of things like that. Seems to me, that opinions/thoughts suggesting that one should just replace the exhaust valves on a new AMC head, out weigh opinions/thoughts saying leave it as is. This page has some thoughts regarding AMC heads (though may be limited to air cooled. I only had a quick look) http://www.ratwell.com/technical/Heads.html#epidemic
Neil.
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