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  • '74 valve clearance

    Dave Kautz · Fri, 9 Jun 95 14:19:10 PDT · Mailing-list archive

    The .008 exhaust valve clearance associated with '73 and '74 busses is the correct valve clearance for any type IV engine that is fitted...

  • Re: exhaust valve grinding

    Mike · Fri, 6 Jul 2007 12:07:55 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    The reason VW says not to grind exhaust valves, is due to a surface hardening process that is ruined by grinding. Intake valves don...

  • exhaust valve grinding

    Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN) · Fri, 6 Jul 2007 09:49:15 -0300 · Mailing-list archive

    ...I gave them the Bentley and showed them where it says not to grind the exhaust valves. They said they have reground exhaust valves...

  • Re: exhaust valve grinding

    Evan Mac Donald · Fri, 6 Jul 2007 08:41:12 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    ...I gave them the Bentley and showed them where it says not to grind the exhaust valves. They said they have reground exhaust valves...

  • Re: exhaust valve grinding

    David Kao · Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:08:43 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    Is it a coating of special material for hardening? Bentley manual says lap only on exhaust valves. When I lapped my exhaust valves in...

  • Exhaust valves

    pronks · Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:15:44 +1300 · Mailing-list archive

    Hi, does anyone have an explanation why the Bentley states not to machine/reface the exhaust valves but only to "lap" them. It seems...

  • [T2] Stuck valves and promises

    T Berk · Thu, 30 Aug 2001 01:21:02 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Just as the exhaust valve starts to open, STOP. Adjust the intake. Turn engine, exhaust will open and close, intake will open and close...

  • Valve cover gaskets

    David Cooper · Fri, 23 Jun 2000 14:00:19 EDT · Mailing-list archive

    I in the middle of changing the valve cover gaskets on my 82 Westy(CA exhaust). Is there a trick to getting off the...

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  • Exhaust Valve

    The valve that allows exhaust gases out of an engine cylinder

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