Re: Valve Seals

[Kevin <aventari@cts.com>]

I got a set of valve stem seals in my complete gasket set I dont need. I
already bought and installed Teflon seals in the new 1.8
I've got 8 Viton (O.E. VW), I think they're kolbenshmidt.
They'll fit any 8v I'm pretty sure.
Im not using em!

At 06:27 PM 8/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm thinking of purchasing an '86 Golf GTi, and i was told that it needs
>new valve seals.  The apparent symtoms are 1) smell 2) a puff of blue smoke
>when you take off from a stop (small one) or when you start the car.  Is
>this correct?
>
>Anyways, Ron tells me that it's quite a bit of labour (like $150Can.
>worth), but the seals themselves are only like $20Can for all of them.  Is
>this correct?
>
>My question is this, i'm a novice, and i was wondering if i should be able
>to change my seals myself without screwing anything else up?  And, does
>having crappy seals wreak havoc on the engine in any way (directly or
>indirectly)?
>
>The rest of the engine hauls some major ass!! .. It was rebuilt 5k ago,
>custom header on it.  We had this thing pulling 120 in 3rd easily, and it
>still had tons of juice left in her after 200km/h!  You should have seen
>the guy in the 'Vette turn his head when he saw the clunker GTi fly past
>him at about 150km/h in a 60 zone ;).
>
>Chris Cuzner (cuznerc@gilmore.ca)
>File Management (Data Center)
>Gilmore Global Logistic Services
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