kayakertom Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Have been slowly dismantling a $100 parts wagon and got to the engine yesterday. Pulled a valve cover off and right away noticed 1 missing rocker arm and the corresponding exhaust valve spring at a noticeably lower height than the other three. When I pulled the head, found that the exhaust valve was held open by a dislodged concentric disc insert that surrounds the valve stem. This disc is of slightly larger diameter than the exhaust valve itself (not a stem seal?). Found the missing rocker arm lodged in one of the coolant chambers. From the looks of the piston chamber, the previous owner must have been running on 3 cylinders for awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roundeye Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Dropped a valve seat. Seen it lots on old VWs. Helluva mess. Bet ya a soda you'll find a crack in the head from the spark plug hole to the recess where the seat is supposed to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subi81 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Found the same thing on a $70 SPFI EA-82 got it to run but it wasn't pretty smoked like a SOB!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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