Date:         Sun, 24 May 2009 00:20:48 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: nasty AMC exhaust valve, photos here
Comments: To: Paul Guzyk <paullist08@guzyk.com>
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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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