You can remove a single valve spring and seal by putting a
compressed-air fitting in place of the spark plug, using compressed air
to hold the valves up, and then using a lever type valve-spring
compressor to remove the spring. If you want to take a chance on it
being just the seal then this would be the way to go.
Good luck,
Theo
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Jen/Scott
Sent: December 18, 2003 8:15 AM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Possible disaster???
Well, I unbolted the header from the head, and sure enough, it is oily
inside of the exhaust port. I can only assume that the one exhaust valve
needs a new seal. This is a major blow to me because the engine has less
than 1200 miles on it since a rebuild (in 1984 though). I tightened the
header bolts better than they were, so hopefully that might help the
leaking onto the headers. However, I would like to try to seal that
valve without removing the head. It seems like such a waste to do all
that work for one leaky valve. Can anyone recommend a solution? Possibly
an oil additive or another alterative? Thanks
Scott
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