I was walking by one of Great Plains' seminars at Oshkosh this year and stopped there for a little bit while Steve was talking about that very thing. He said that was a problem on high compression VW engines and gave an example of someone that swallowed a valve in flight. IIRC it had something to do with the valves stretching on the higher compression engines. If you have to keep loosening yor valve adjustment you have a problem that you need to fix.
On m VW some of the valves required minor adjustment during an oil change, but usually most of them checked O.K. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of flymaca711...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 5:32 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR> tappets adjustments EVERY OIL CHANGE WITH THE VW ENGINE . BUT IF YOURS ARE DOING THAT YOUR VALVE SEATS ARE RECESSING POSSBLY THIS HAPPEN TO ME USING AV GAS. THE VAVLES REALLY TAKE A BEATING IN THE VW FOR AIRCRAFT USE. N1055A FLYING MAC 301274 2874 _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
