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Problem with changing valves / valve stem oil seals
Zulley replied to Zulley's topic in Car Care, Maintenance and Mechanical
I didnt grind the valves. Gave the head to a mate and he checked for leaks and there was a lot so he did it all for me again. Yay. Im getting there, if i didnt have other cars to get to work it would be sorted by now. -
I looked through the thread and stuck on the first step lol. I can see the bottom pulley but on mine theres no allen key bolts. What do i do?
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Havent got time to have a good look through the forum at the moment. Can someone point me in the right direction to a thread about how to change the cam belt and time the engine? 1.4 if there different.
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Problem with changing valves / valve stem oil seals
Zulley replied to Zulley's topic in Car Care, Maintenance and Mechanical
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haha, but it was ok to drive an unsafe car? You swapped a crap car for a crap car, sounds fair?
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Cam belt went a while ago, got the money to fix it, just not all the knowledge. Took all the valves out, got new ones, put them all back in, ****ed about with collets for a while, everythings great. Got a new gasket set and i find these VALVE STEM OIL SEALS, bugger. So i take a valve out again and figure out where they go, ****ing collets need taking off and on again. Do i need to change them. Do i just pull them out to change them? and push the new ones in? Any help is appreciated.
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It was all going well, everything was loose but the head just wouldnt come off. So i un did everything as i was just getting annoyed with it. Then when everything was undone, i managed to lift it all out but there was a wire going to a plug which i couldnt undo, as i was swearing at that i found one bolt i missed (see pic) undid that and hey presto it fell apart, head out. Right under that red circle, theres two bolts, i could only see one of them. thats not my engine. Its been a fun 3 days, most of the engine is back together again, although i may just buy a cheap 106 or saxo and scrap the lupo. sorry.
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hmmmm, that looks a bit better then the valve spring compressor i have, sorry i should have said ive already tried a valve spring compressor but the one i have doesnt seem to fit, thought there might be a special vw one
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All my engine is in bits, all because i coudnt find a bolt, anyway.... How do i remove the valves? Do i need some special tools? Thanks
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If i was you id see which was cheaper to insure and pick that one. For a decent Lupo, they are over 1k, for a rubbish one about £700 Just get a rubbish ka for a year or two, build some ncd and then get something different. Thats the common sense route.
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My cam belts gone and im in the process of taking the engine apart to check the valves. Is there a guide to doing this with pics? as at the moment im just undoing bolts and things that i can see, which i know isnt the brightest thing to do but i always like to do it the hard way first then the right way. Thanks
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I thought of this first but it was never running properly in the first place, it always had a misfire, piston gone (never found out) unless it was the cambelt killing it slowly. I dont know. Anyway ive always wanted to do a engine change so this seems like the perfect chance. A mate has told me to get a 1.9tdi pd130 which would make it fly around and get 70mpg lol. But im worried its going to cost me a lot more to do it. After i got the engine wiring loom and gearbox what else would i need? bigger brakes and suspension? hmmmm
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Oh dear, went out the other day, car worked fine, tried to go to work on thursday and it wouldnt start ( Havent had chance to look at it till today and ive found out the problem was............... no teeth on the cam belt - boooooo! hmmmmm, quite gutted but hey ho wasnt a bad run £250 for the car, had to spend probs £70 on parts and it lasted 11 months. Best thing about it was most definatly the hand brake turns!! Now, do i put a 1.8t in it, fix it or buy a new (2nd hand) car?
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seems to be every day on the m1 these days. I must just live near all the stupid tossers that dont understand when a FOG light is needed. It gets right on my man boobs. Isnt it when you cant see 100m in front of you that they should be used?