Subject: Re: the oil leak saga continues...into headwork
Author: Chris Berry
Date: Jul 10, 2001, 8:29 PM
Post ID: 1707444319
That's another thing...I would like to do that too. Is a ring compressor
really needed? All the ones I have seen are made for pressing a piston down
into a block, not pressing the cylinder on the piston. I guess an air
cooled VW one would do it, but haven't seen one around...maybe I'm not
looking hard enough.
Also, has anyone out there had their heads ported and polished, three angle
valve job (if possible), port matched, etc.? If so who did it, how much did
it cost, and did it make a big difference in power?
Thanks!
Chris in NC
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Yes, the rocker carrier frames have a countersink recess in the bottom to squish the O-rings against the top of the head and the cylinder studs. There are four up there. Since you're not desperate and you'll wait until winter, I would do the job properly. After pulling all this stuff off, I'd also pull the cylinder to replace the base gasket and the two O-rings down there (see, now there are a total of six, just like the studs). The upper and lower studs have O-rings at the bottom of the cylinder between the base gasket and the cylinder. Again, the cylinders have a little coutersink recess to handle the squish. After you do all this work, you will need to torque the heads and adjust the valves 3 or 4 times over 2,000 miles. What a waste to do it all and then discover that an old, hard base o-ring is now also leaking. If one is hard and cracked, then obviously all six are suspect. Do the whole thing. Patrick Hayes Fremont CA ============================================================ Need to s-t-r-e-t-c-h your dollars? Get more bang for your buck with cool savings, hot deals, & free stuff. http://click.topica.com/caaacgFb1dfltb2tZVvf/TopOffers ============================================================ |
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