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If you don't want to mess with it for another hundo thou miles take the head to a machine shop, have the surda
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Ok my tolerance of cell phones is dwindling. Take it to a shop, machine the gasket surface, replace the valve seals, have them check the condition of seats and keepers
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^^yeah. and only replace springs if they are not sitting up on a right angle.Comment
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ummm no. you test valve springs by the tolerance rate of compression. not by visual inspection. a spring off angle would most likely be caused by a retainer or valve keeper out of place.
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This. I alway test them while they're out. IF even one it out, I'll replace them all. I see it as, "How many times do I really want to take this shit apart?", plus, I have kinda a thing for new OEM parts. OEM OCD is the technical term.
If I have to tear down a head, I want to put it back on in the best shape it's been in in the 20+ years of it's existence. I don't fool around.1974.5 Jensen Healey : 2003 330i/5Comment
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as cheap as they are, it'd be a stupid reason to float a valve! :)
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car is all finally together. the lil things add up a lot of time. may not even get to wash it :(-FREEDOM- is cruisin at 80, windows down and listening to the perfect song-thinking "this is it"
-The Beauty in the Tragedy-
MECHANIC SMASH!!- (you all know you do it)
Got Drop?? ;-)
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