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Originally Posted by tortuga
So in my seemingly never ending quest to reduce oil consumption, with the carb off i was endo scoping my intake and it sure looked like there was oil coming down the valves...I had done all the seals before using the compressed air in the cylinders method...
On reading some more about how to replace the seals i came across lots of chatter about using a drinking straw arrangement over the valve stem so that the seals don't get torn as they pass the sharp reliefs where the keepers plug in. I didn't do that.
So having another set of seals, ( i double ordered and just kept the batch).
I pulled them off and replaced them one by one, this time using a tricky straw arrangement to slip them on. ALL of the old seals were wallowed out. Is just jamming the seals down over the stems without a condom a mortal sin?
We'll see...
Im getting pretty good at it at this point.
Steve H
SPF 1764 |
I believe the lips on valve stem seals are fairly easily damaged if installed over valve stems without some form of sleeve to protect them. It's those lips that actually seal against the valve stem to stop the flow of
oil, so if they're damaged oil will get past.