Date:         Mon, 8 Jun 1998 08:41:47 EDT
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: '81 compression update & questions
Comments: To: bartnik@WORLDNET.ATT.NET
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM

Sean;
Could you have possibly got the pushrod out of it's socket in lifter and
up on the lip?
Very interesting data about the compression to adjuster turns ratio!
Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>

On Sun, 7 Jun 1998 22:10:50 -0400 Linda Bartnik
<bartnik@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> writes:
>Hey all,
>Well the '81 is still giving me fits.
>
>It's still running too hot.  I'm trying to find out why. <SNIP>

>to be indicates that I have a somewhat serious valve-related problem.
>I'm beginning to suspect a receding valve seat on number 1 exhaust.
>I've noticed that when I adjust both valves for #1 to the same spot,
>then the adjuster screw for the exhaust valve sits with more threads
>showing than the intake valve adjuster.
>Thanks,
>Sean Bartnik
>Johnson City, Tennessee
>'81 Vanagon L Westfalia
>

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