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Re: [VB] was spring washer-now stretched valve stem
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Kevin Guarnotta wrote:
> I asked my mechanic to take a look, and we couldn't figure it out at first.
> Then he noticed that the end of the valve stem was concave where the rocker
> hits it. This was only on one stem-all the others are flat. So I am thinking
> that the valve stem stretched due to overheating? And the rocker hammered it
> concave?
Not likely. A stretched valve will have no clearance at all, so the
rocker can't hammer it.
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