What have I found in the bottom of my engine?????

1,769 posts · joined Oct 2004 · 25 Jul 2008, 9:54 pm

#660087

OK guys, lets ahev a guessing competition.

Found these broken bits of bakelite / hardened rubber / plastic in the bootom of my beetle engine when doing an oil change in preperation for valla. They loook like some kind of washer or seal & it looks like ther would have been 2 of them. They were sitting in a pile on the sump plate.

What the hell are they?

I have had the car for about 6 yrs, never had the motor apart, never had any big issues, never dropped anythng down the oil filler that I am aware of. Needless to say I am now a bit nervous.

What do you think.

Cheers
Brendan

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Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 25 Jul 2008, 10:31 pm

#660095

Look like valve stem seals...............I wouldn't worry about it.

If you take the rocker covers off, and look at the valve stems through the valve springs you will find that they are missing.

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 25 Jul 2008, 10:35 pm

#660096

yep, valve stem seals...........there was a thread about these the other day

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 25 Jul 2008, 11:08 pm

#660105

Looks like diced olives

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 25 Jul 2008, 11:24 pm

#660112

get worried if you find an anchovy 😂

Special Air Service Chief "Gunna"

1,769 posts · joined Oct 2004 · 25 Jul 2008, 11:39 pm

#660115

Thanks guys, I'll have a look when I do the tappets over the weekend. I didnt realise there were valve stem seals on these buggers.

See you at Valla.

Cheers
Brendan

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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 26 Jul 2008, 12:58 am

#660122

No One uses valve stem oil seals these days..

and i thought they were thinner and longer..

but if your engine is going OK
and they were rubber seals of some sort

i wouldn't be worried..

I hope we all make it to Valla Nambucca heads OK

Lee

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 26 Jul 2008, 7:09 am

#660132

Have a taste.
If it tastes like an olive but smells like an anchovi,
may not be such a bad thing.

Sorry, I am sick, sick man.

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

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2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 26 Jul 2008, 7:22 am

#660136

Ok that's just bad dangerous. Time for you to go for a "bushwalk".......

ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE

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TheMiniMan Insano Dub Head

849 posts · joined Aug 2006 · 26 Jul 2008, 11:03 am

#660171

You what smells worse than anchovies?? :-) don`t anwser that one

byronmcmanus59 Seriously Crusin Dubber

199 posts · joined Apr 2008 · 26 Jul 2008, 3:51 pm

#660204

i dunno if im heading on my on little tangent here but..

theres only two things that smell like fish.. and ones fish.

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 27 Jul 2008, 10:41 am

#660309

oh plz 🙄

take it to BA ppl 😂

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 28 Jul 2008, 5:43 pm

#660526

no dramas. Just do a quick rebuild on one of the caravan site slabs. At least you dont have a turbo and shrouds to pull off!

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