somick Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 1992 Loyale with 187K I poured water into the intake port on the head and found out that three valves leak. I am going to rent a valves spring compressor and address that. Should I do the fourth one? When I poured water into the exhaust port there were no leaking exhaust valves. Why? Should I do them too? I have never done that kind of work so any suggestions/recommendations will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsyme Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Really? Water? Is the engine on a stand being serviced? The valves should be open and closed based on the phase of each cylinder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagons Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 What the H are you pouring water into the ports for? There is a way to test valves. It's called a vacuum test and most machine shops do it for free. If any leak, a new set of guides and a valve job needs performed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA Grown Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Yah you can use water don't be too amazed he lives in alaskaXD take a valve clearance book, it's a bunch of different thickness metal, and test the clearance between the springs, might need a few shims or new springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 I'll go with the heads are off the block. If they leak, at the very least, they'll need lapping. Got to remove one to see if it's leaking due to crud / carbon, rust, wear or burned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Why is it apart and being tested? How much leakage? Ideally someone with a lot of significant wdoerjnwc Gloyale tells you what he’d do, I would just assume the valves are dirty and just clean and lap them. Might as well replace the valve stems seals while it’s apart, maybe depending on the reason it’s being worked on as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somick Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 I'll go with the heads are off the block. If they leak, at the very least, they'll need lapping. Got to remove one to see if it's leaking due to crud / carbon, rust, wear or burned. Why is it apart and being tested? How much leakage? Ideally someone with a lot of significant wdoerjnwc Gloyale tells you what he’d do, I would just assume the valves are dirty and just clean and lap them. Might as well replace the valve stems seals while it’s apart, maybe depending on the reason it’s being worked on as well. Thank you guys! That is the answer I was looking for. I removed the heads because of leaking antifreeze. Since the heads were off I decided to check the valves and filled the exhaust and intake ports with water. That is how YouTube shows to check for leaking valves. I will get a spring compressor, remove the valves, and see what conditions they are. I have never thought that the leakage might be just because the valves have a carbon built up. We shall see. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagons Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Hopefully you can get them cleaned and not need a valve job. If they apart, $240 is worth a mill, and valve job. This way no leaking head gaskets or valves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 just make sure you get all the water out and dry them out as the springs and valves can rust i believe, pretty sure i've seen rusty ones in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferp420 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Seing as how everything is apart i would lap the valves sand the heads using the diy head surfacing method and me personaly i would port and polish the heads while there out and apart already i have never had a real valve spring tool ever i use a socket and a rag and a hammer to remove the springs just takes a quick tap and the keepers are out and have used plires to reinstall them when i did chevy heads with high comprestion springs i used 2 bars and levered them i have also used a drill press to compress the springs these ea82 springs are soft enuff that just body wait can compress them hand then i drop the keepers in easy enuff but im exstremely cheap or poor however you want to look at it so i do everything my self with what i have laying around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I cut a slot in an unused socket. Then bolt allthread to it and a cam sprocket to the other end. Lean shoulder into cam sprocket - body weight like he said. Slots give access via needle nose or magnets for the keepers. The spring compressors I’ve tried have all sucked for subarus. Clumsy awkward hard to set up and gotta reset for each valve based on side clearance, etc. DIY/ hand method is way quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Your first count said three valves leaked, yet none of the exhaust did. Wondered how many valves you had on one head! You know, from past experiences with ea82 heads don't take short cuts. You put so much into rebuilding it and installing it , no fun finding cheapskate genes caused more headaches for you. Any visible cracks between valves combustion chamber side? You had a coolant leak....where, how? The valves leak under that test just means you had an extra problem about to happen. I always use petrol with a little oil coz think it is thinner than water and when petrol dries leaves oily residue about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somick Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Your first count said three valves leaked, yet none of the exhaust did. Wondered how many valves you had on one head! You know, from past experiences with ea82 heads don't take short cuts. You put so much into rebuilding it and installing it , no fun finding cheapskate genes caused more headaches for you. Any visible cracks between valves combustion chamber side? You had a coolant leak....where, how? The valves leak under that test just means you had an extra problem about to happen. I always use petrol with a little oil coz think it is thinner than water and when petrol dries leaves oily residue about. Thanks jono!!! This is the post I have been looking for! The surface between valves CRACKED. See attached pictures. Now I do not know if it is worth to proceed withe the repair. What do you think? To answer your another question: the coolant was pushing back into the radiator when I started investigating a slight overheating. I decided that that was a blown head gasket and removed the heads but could not see any obvious signs of blown gasket. Thanks again, Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 There was a TSB years ago about small cracks between the valves. They are not a problem. Nearly every head I've had off an ea82 has them. I've not had any problem caused by those small cracks. I've read about people trying to fix them, they come back. The coolant pushing out of the radiator and overheating is typical of failed headgaskets. It is not always visible. It only takes a very tiNY pinhole of a leak to let gasses at hundreds of psi to leak into the cooling system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Now you mention cracks! I have had a set weld repaired that failed again years later. Two tests are cheap easy vacuum test once valves been sealed ground lapped etc then there is the pressure test costs more but is more definitive that I recommend for more piece of mind. Like many others have used heads with harmless cracks A sealing product called seal wel uep one L also worked wonders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 They isuakku have those cracks. Benign. If the car was significantly overheated and limped along forever then they could crack into the water jacket. Otherwise on a normal head they’re so commend one doesn’t ewakky even worry about to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somick Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 Now you mention cracks! I have had a set weld repaired that failed again years later. Two tests are cheap easy vacuum test once valves been sealed ground lapped etc then there is the pressure test costs more but is more definitive that I recommend for more piece of mind. Like many others have used heads with harmless cracks A sealing product called seal wel uep one L also worked wonders Thanks jono. When I finish working on the heads I will stop at the local garage and find out how much it will be. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somick Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 I rented a valve removal tool yesterday and, like Garry said, it was a joke. It did not work at all. Inspired by your posts I removed the valves with my simple tools. See how easy it was: I also have an idea on how to install them. But that will happen when I finish working on the heads. Regards, Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Yeah the three I’ve tried wont work well at all on old gen or new gen. “A joke” is more accurate than my description! They’re a little trickier to install by hand depending on how you did it but not that bad and 100x easier than valve spring compressors I’ve used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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