If it's not smoking, I'd go ahead and drive it.
And I've replaced valve stem seals with the head on the car on a V6,
for what that's worth.
-Joe
At 6:29 PM +0000 6/20/10, alfa-digest wrote:
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:29:25 +0000 (UTC)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [alfa] broken valve stem seal
Gentile Alfisti,
Investigating the possible cause of an intermittent miss in my 2L
GTV, I was checking the valve clearances and discovered bits of the
valve seal beneath the no. 2 intake follower. There was the fine
spring and a few shards of green plastic. Has anyone ever seen a
stem seal come apart like this? No evident smoke, which is
surprising. Still, I don't think it's prudent to drive the 250
miles or so to the convention with this known problem. Can a valve
stem seal be replaced with the head on the car? Please talk to me
Digest.
modelle in somers point
115.01, 115.02
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