You also want heat away from the valve when it's stopped as you get carbonisation of the oil.
When the ventilation isn't sufficient you will have turbo bearing issues and valve guide seal issues. We also have valve seat issues but we have water cooled exhaust seats.
Same problem, different sizes.
Dave!
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I am using Hebridean weather to extract heat.
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Today’s job
Did the Tesla rear brakes and lower control arms. Top bolts were a faff to remove, I thought there must be another way and looked online and the official way is to remove the subframe.
Luckily the whole thing is made of thin pressed metal so I just yanked the old arm out and shoved the new one in and it all had enough compliance to work out. Better than removing the subframe…
Did the X5 lower control arms, the beefier ones in the picture. This was much easier than I was expecting it to be as the bolts looked very rusty but the baby Jesus decided to bless me today.
This finally leaves the Mito as the only broken car. However it’s a rusty POS and I really don’t wanna touch it
Did the Tesla rear brakes and lower control arms. Top bolts were a faff to remove, I thought there must be another way and looked online and the official way is to remove the subframe.
Luckily the whole thing is made of thin pressed metal so I just yanked the old arm out and shoved the new one in and it all had enough compliance to work out. Better than removing the subframe…
Did the X5 lower control arms, the beefier ones in the picture. This was much easier than I was expecting it to be as the bolts looked very rusty but the baby Jesus decided to bless me today.
This finally leaves the Mito as the only broken car. However it’s a rusty POS and I really don’t wanna touch it
How about not having a sig at all?
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I've been chasing oil leaks on the Beetle today, they aren't bad but it does like to mark its territory. I don't think you'll ever cure them completely on a car of this age without removing the engine for a complete strip down and rebuild but hopefully I can improve it. Today I've replaced the rocker cover gaskets which are made from your finest cork and given the oil strainer gaskets, nuts and washers the once over
There is also a smelly gearbox oil leak which seems to be mainly coming from the rear axle boots so I've ordered a pair of those. It's a bit of a fiddly job with the engine and box in the car as space is limited
There is also a smelly gearbox oil leak which seems to be mainly coming from the rear axle boots so I've ordered a pair of those. It's a bit of a fiddly job with the engine and box in the car as space is limited