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| -JR- |
  Jul 23 2011, 12:10 AM
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Broke an exhaust valve spring on my newish (2000 miles on it, but 4 years old) motor Wed. Just did a compression check and pulled off the exhaust for #4 cylinder tonight.
Good news is I shut down quick but not before the valve spring washer had been pummeled, but I have spares. Piston, bore and valve look good fortunetly. The trick will be getting the valve spring compressed enough to get the keepers back in while it's still in the car. Anyone ever done this, have some suggestions? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) It's sort of weird, the spring seems to have broken into three pieces. Thinking I shouldn't have used new stock springs now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) The 2.2L engine has a light weight flywheel, the top end has been flow benched and the compression raised. So it rev's like mad and it's a ton of fun between 3000K and 6500K. If I keep the motor I'll probably invest in a set of performance springs. |
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-JR- Anyone ever replace a valve spring in car? Jul 23 2011, 12:10 AM
vwsamba I've done this a few times , its easy, getting... Jul 23 2011, 01:28 AM
-JR- Niiiiice, I like it. Jul 23 2011, 01:47 AM HAM Inc Better replace them all. Assuming that all of the ... Jul 23 2011, 07:43 AM Krieger Something I have heard of people doing (no I have ... Jul 23 2011, 08:06 AM TargaToy Or feeding a CLEAN, NEW length of nylon rope into ... Jul 23 2011, 11:17 AM underthetire Close both valves (remove rockers obviously) and u... Jul 23 2011, 12:09 PM DBCooper Stick a chopstick in there, works almost every tim... Jul 23 2011, 03:09 PM Jake Raby Were the springs rust pitted? If not, something ma... Jul 23 2011, 07:07 PM -JR- No rust on any of the valve train on the right ban... Jul 23 2011, 08:04 PM Jake Raby Valve springs hate to sit static.. If an engine si... Jul 23 2011, 08:13 PM -JR- The engine did get run fairly frequently as it was... Jul 23 2011, 09:20 PM Jake Raby Three pieces is normal for a broken spring.. every... Jul 23 2011, 09:39 PM  |
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