I would have never thought about doing such a work myself (at age 60). This probably shows that my thinking part aged a lot earlier than your muscles and joints.
Bulent --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun Alan C <[email protected]>, 14 Nis 2019 Paz, 16:03 tarihinde şunu yazdı: > > My younger daughter had the misfortune of cam belt failure on her 1995 > Hyundai Accent 1.5 csi. The car has been in the family since new & has > been a reliable, economic runner. The cam belt had been replaced at > 100000 & 200000km as recommended but this one failed after only another > 75000km. The first 2 replacement cam belts were genuine Hyundai but the > third an after market substitute. Strangely enough, I still have the cam > belt I removed at 200000km & it looks perfectly OK! After stripping it > was found that, luckily, the only damage was bent exhaust valve heads on > cylinders 1 & 3. (This is an interference engine design). On account of > the age of the car I didn't want to spend too much on repairs so I > shopped around for the cheapest set of exhaust valves & a head set. > First problem - the valve stem oil seals were a loose fit (totally > useless) so I had to buy better ones. Second problem: the exhaust valves > were such poor quality that 3 of the stems bent when I was installing > them in the head using a valve spring compressor. I only noticed the > problem after I had re-installed the head & was busy fitting the cam & > rockers, 3 of which didn't line up with the valve stems. Back to square > one. I will need to buy another good quality set of exhaust valves. I > will also buy a top quality head gasket - I don't trust anything cheap > any more. I have successfully done many engine overhauls over the years > & must say I enjoy this sort of thing but this time, at the age of 75, I > find I am suffering all sorts of aches & pains I have never had before, > so this will definitely be the last! > > Thanks for listening. I feel much better now. > > > Alan C > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
