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clinker42 Officially Full-On Dubber

381 posts · joined Aug 2008 ·

#753622
Hi Guys
What valve stem seals do VW 1300 AND 1600 have. Is it the 4 black o-ring seals for the inlets and 4 larger square brown ones for the exhaust. The gasket set I have doesnt have 8 little seals like you normally see for valve stem seals.

Thanks Trev

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#753627
VW aircooled engine dont have valve stem seals
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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clinker42 Officially Full-On Dubber

381 posts · joined Aug 2008 ·

#753630
hahaha

Thats why i couldnt find em in the gasket kit. Ok, so should I buy some Holden ones and put them on, or dont they really need em. No way would I assmeble our Chev ENGINES WITHOUT EM.

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#753640
you dont need them on Vw engines, period!

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#753651
You can modify the guides and use 911 seals, they are more conventional looking, but generally people don't use the ones that come in some gasket kits, they are square section O rings that normally end up falling off and in the sump. But as Daimo says, who needs em....
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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#753679
clinker42 wrote:Hi Guys
What valve stem seals do VW 1300 AND 1600 have. Is it the 4 black o-ring seals for the inlets and 4 larger square brown ones for the exhaust. The gasket set I have doesnt have 8 little seals like you normally see for valve stem seals.

Thanks Trev

Hi Trev,

they probably are, and are listed as a genuine part number in engine kits etc.. and workshop manuals...

so, they were used originally in the VW Factories...

Someone told Me once, that they were used on original VW engines so when the engine was started in the showroom there would be NO blue smoke....

cheers

LEE

PS: I don't know of anyone who installs them these days...

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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#753689
might wanna get a rubber terminal pole boot for that B+ connection Lee



They're live all the time

a freind of mine got a nice scare one day removing the idle jet on a bug with an aftermarket alternator like that

screwdriver hit the terminal and tried to weld to it

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#753696
Joel wrote:might wanna get a rubber terminal pole boot for that B+ connection Lee



They're live all the time

a freind of mine got a nice scare one day removing the idle jet on a bug with an aftermarket alternator like that

screwdriver hit the terminal and tried to weld to it
I needs one of those.... Its totally on the to do list.... 🤪🤪