"Perhaps this is why everyone says when you use AMC heads -- you should
install better exhaust valves than the ones that come from AMC?"

Maybe, or maybe that's what happens when you spin your WBX to 7000 RPM on a
missed shift!  =)

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Paul Guzyk <paullist08@guzyk.com> wrote:

> Instead of going camping this weekend, I decided to work on one my vans
> with a stuck engine (silly me).
>
> Pulled engine, noticed two AMC heads installed by a previous owner.
>
> Pulled #1,2 head, noticed this fun stuff inside; #2 exhaust valve was
> broken off and banging around inside the cylinder.  I guess that is why the
> engine would not turn :)
>
> http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj285/baboonia/vanagon/vwvalve1.jpg
> http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj285/baboonia/vanagon/vwvalve2.jpg
> http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj285/baboonia/vanagon/vwvalve3.jpg
> http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj285/baboonia/vanagon/vwvalve4.jpg
>
> Perhaps this is why everyone says when you use AMC heads -- you should
> install better exhaust valves than the ones that come from AMC?
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
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