Valve stem seals..does my head have to come off?
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Valve stem seals..does my head have to come off?
Hi there all,
I believe the stem seals hae gone on my 1.8 Clipper. Bit smokey on start up and gives out a big puff of smoke between gear changes and coasting.
I rang up a couple of places in town and they said it was a head off job and the prices were 300 plus vat (or no vat for cash) and 4-500, plus vat. I don't have that sort of money to throw at the car at the minute, so wonder if the head really needs to come off and does anyone know of a VW friendly garage that can do the work at a reasonable price in Northants or surounding areas.
I believe the stem seals hae gone on my 1.8 Clipper. Bit smokey on start up and gives out a big puff of smoke between gear changes and coasting.
I rang up a couple of places in town and they said it was a head off job and the prices were 300 plus vat (or no vat for cash) and 4-500, plus vat. I don't have that sort of money to throw at the car at the minute, so wonder if the head really needs to come off and does anyone know of a VW friendly garage that can do the work at a reasonable price in Northants or surounding areas.
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yea.. this is normally a head off job. with a head rebuild. this is why cost is high.
if first you dont succeed. read the instructions.
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Local Hero
Head does not have to come off, but much easier if it does. You can get spark plug adaptors to run a compressor on to hold the valves closed - not tried that method - or the old trick is to feed rope into the cylinder and the turn the piston up to lock the valves in place - not tried that either but need to on my Blue S1 .
Cheers
Rich
Cheers
Rich
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i have done a few head recons and always took the head off, depending on ya level of mechanical skills, of which mine is fair, it is a fair job to do and you have to be sure timing doesnt alter.
not heard of the methods above and i cant see how you would get the valve springs compressed.
also best to re seat the valves while the head is off just to make a proper job of it
good luck
not heard of the methods above and i cant see how you would get the valve springs compressed.
also best to re seat the valves while the head is off just to make a proper job of it
good luck
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