Re: [Tech] Valve Seal Replacememt ?

["Steven Toughill" <toughil@bellatlantic.net>]

> The car started smoking only when I started it.  it gradually got worse
> over  a few weeks and now it smokes badly all the time.  The engine had
> been re-built and put in the car for only a month before this started to
> happen.  Could this been something worse like rings ?

Yes. Try a compression test. I pesonally prefer cyl leak down tests.

>Would bad rings show up as low compression?


Most of the time. if the valves are sealing thats why I prefer the leak down
test because I can then tell were the compression lost is

Steve Toughill
ASE Cert. VW Technician
Volks-Tech Inc.


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