[AT] stuck good on a WD 45 engine question!--Will

[John Wilkens]

Just got home.  You make good points Will!  Tomorrow we'll followup 
on this.   John



06:36 AM 12/12/2006, you wrote:
>John,
>
>You said new valve stem seals on the exhaust valves.....? Wouldn't 
>you be putting them on the intake valves? It's the intake valve that 
>usually introduces the oil problem into most combustion chambers by 
>sucking the oil down the stem.... I guess if the oil is running down 
>it will produce some smoke...  But, your plugs are fowling, so the 
>oil is getting into the chamber, must be coming from the intake side 
>(or up from the rings)... If the oil was coming in from the exhaust 
>side after combustion, you would not have a fowled plug. If you took 
>the guides out of the head make sure you did not mix up your guides.....
>
>I have found that typically the exhaust valves don't have seals, 
>there is always positive pressure on the exhaust side. I would think 
>that an oil seal would also burn up on the exhaust valve....
>
>Regards,
>Will
>
>
>  -


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