Replacing gaskets
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From: la la land jerzey
The rocker arm was rubbing the retainer and it appears the valve spring may have been rotating - if you look into the top cover you will see the rocker arm is narrow - and if would have made only a rub in one spot
could it have been the way the spring was removed before you took it apart and or the tool used to re assemble the spring and parts — maybe
picture up all of them if you have both heads off —see if everyone is doing the same thing
that type of valve spring top retainer in aluminum then coated two types of coating one being a soft almost paint like the other is a hardening < i dont believe you have this type - but they are special retainers and - are off set around .050 to allow for a longer lift performance camshaft - always with a stronger spring to take up the additional valve travel
picture up from the side so i can see the spring type as they are different then a stock spring - maybe they installed stock spring and that would or could let the valve rotate — do you know if it has a B or C cam in the engine
could it have been the way the spring was removed before you took it apart and or the tool used to re assemble the spring and parts — maybe
picture up all of them if you have both heads off —see if everyone is doing the same thing
that type of valve spring top retainer in aluminum then coated two types of coating one being a soft almost paint like the other is a hardening < i dont believe you have this type - but they are special retainers and - are off set around .050 to allow for a longer lift performance camshaft - always with a stronger spring to take up the additional valve travel
picture up from the side so i can see the spring type as they are different then a stock spring - maybe they installed stock spring and that would or could let the valve rotate — do you know if it has a B or C cam in the engine
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From: la la land jerzey
Ok you do have hi pressure springs and they used the tin seals - reason the pistons have lots of carbon is the tin seals - but the travel looks a bit short to just install the rubber seals - i can see the valves keeper groove so they are offset
from what i see the the scratches on the blue retainer is only on the one i see so they did that removing or installing then learned how to do it and did not damage the others
do you know what cam is in the engine
ok on the better side you could just clean every thing well and re gasket an re install
you may not have the experience to do what a shop would do to correct some of the mistakes
from what i see the the scratches on the blue retainer is only on the one i see so they did that removing or installing then learned how to do it and did not damage the others
do you know what cam is in the engine
ok on the better side you could just clean every thing well and re gasket an re install
you may not have the experience to do what a shop would do to correct some of the mistakes
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I do not know what type of cam it has. Thanks for the info. I might take it to a local shop and see what the guy says. Thanks again!
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