Valve Seals completed with Success!!!
Well, I got through changing out all my valve seals with success. Got the
thing back together and tested it out and don't see a bit of smoke coming out the tail pipe. Ran at idle for 15 minutes or so and didn't see a bit. I did that before when I only had one cylinder done and still saw smoke so I'm going to let it sit overnight and then we'll see for sure tomorrow but I'm feeling pretty confident. Also, when I tested it after completing one cylinder it ran pissy and it's much smoother now. I got a little jeweler's file and filed off the lip off the ones that needed it (about 6 altogether) so I could get the valve seals on. Another person told me these little lips occur sometimes when the head has been worked on and the mechanic used a quickie way to get the keepers off when the head is off the engine. He said, with the head off the engine they put something underneith the valve for support and whack the spring with something and the keepers fly off. Sometimes he said the keepers don't fly off as should be and so the pressure causes a little lip/rim at the area of the keeper threads. Anyway, the file trick worked and everything went well. I'm in the middle of putting a lift kit on so I couldn't take it out for a spin. Hopefully by tomorrow's end I'll get that completed and I can road test. Thanks to all my virtual Jeep buddies who helped me on this. Couldn't have done it without you. |
Re: Valve Seals completed with Success!!!
On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 18:23:33 -0800, William Oliveri <wuji@bigvalley.net>
wrote: > Well, I got through changing out all my valve seals with success. Got > the > thing back together and tested it out and don't see a bit of smoke coming > out the tail pipe. Ran at idle for 15 minutes or so and didn't see a > bit. good job!!! it sure feels good to complete something like that. |
Re: Valve Seals completed with Success!!!
On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 18:23:33 -0800, William Oliveri <wuji@bigvalley.net>
wrote: > Well, I got through changing out all my valve seals with success. Got > the > thing back together and tested it out and don't see a bit of smoke coming > out the tail pipe. Ran at idle for 15 minutes or so and didn't see a > bit. good job!!! it sure feels good to complete something like that. |
Re: Valve Seals completed with Success!!!
On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 18:23:33 -0800, William Oliveri <wuji@bigvalley.net>
wrote: > Well, I got through changing out all my valve seals with success. Got > the > thing back together and tested it out and don't see a bit of smoke coming > out the tail pipe. Ran at idle for 15 minutes or so and didn't see a > bit. good job!!! it sure feels good to complete something like that. |
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