im doing a top end rebuild and currently have plastic spring type tubes.
i am going to replace them but what with
stock
spring loaded alloy
or
screw up type
?????????
Thinker ·
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which push rod tubes to use
https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/87560/which-push-rod-tubes-to-use
sander288 ·
If it is for the 1500 stock as a rock, then wouldn't stock be the way to go?
68AutoBug ·
STOCK ONLY....Thinker wrote:im doing a top end rebuild and currently have plastic spring type tubes.
i am going to replace them but what with
stock
spring loaded alloy
or
screw up type
?????????
The genuine VW pushrod tubes are made especially so they can contract and expand with the engine..
while helping cool the extremely hot engine oil as it flows back thru the tubes...
all other types of push rod tubes are to be used in an emergency so You don't have to take the engine out to replace one...
I use permatex gasket cement on both sides of the pushrod seals to stop any leaks even if the seals crack...
cheers
LEE
Thinker ·
i would like to keep stock but i dont want to keep dropping the motor out to fix oil leaks
Bizarre ·
Stock tubes properly installed dont leak
waveman1500 ·
Stock tubes, the original and the best. Use new tubes and seals and install them correctly and you should have no problems.
Thinker ·
this is what i wanted to here🙂
HappyDaze ·
Now you're thinking.👍
68AutoBug ·
and it will be again.... stock as a rock ...😂😎Thinker wrote:this is what i wanted to here🙂
cheers
LEE
vlad01 ·
Yep stock, all others are poo. although I hear the these are great as they are suppose to seal as good as the stock, but...... but,I am a little skeptical.
Anyone can confirm these seal properly?
link.
http://cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=123
Anyone can confirm these seal properly?
link.
http://cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=123
matberry ·
I use these depending on the engine. Empi do a copy of the Jay Cee pushrodtubes (first link) but are more likely to leak IMO.
http://www.vwparts.net/JC1029.html
http://www.vwparts.net/SE20175.html
http://www.vwparts.net/311109335A.html
http://www.vwparts.net/JC1029.html
http://www.vwparts.net/SE20175.html
http://www.vwparts.net/311109335A.html
vlad01 ·
matberry ·
Nice but $$$$$
HappyDaze ·
They'd be just the job, if you're after a very high impression ratio.😎
vlad01 ·
whats wrong with you guys? looks good quality to me and the price is reasonable.
Thinker ·
yeah gotta love the price of the stockers.
kieranweston ·
I just installed EMPI sprung aluminium tubes, seem fine to me, easy in/easy out. Guy at the shop recommended them as the best
fish26 ·
x 2 Jay Cee, i like to use them dry with clear seals on super clean surface, stock isn't stock if it aint german.
Have also used Empi with good results.
2 cents
Have also used Empi with good results.
2 cents
matberry ·
I've started using the Scat gold with 2 o-rings for a while with no probs. They are a bit cheaper (like 1/2 the price) than the JC's
Craig Torrens ·
^ x2.....I've never had any issues with the scat tubes either.
dangerous ·
This is what i use, and 1200 tubes when high comp or short barrels.waveman1500 wrote:Stock tubes, the original and the best. Use new tubes and seals and install them correctly and you should have no problems.
Some of my customers ask to use the ones they supply, but they have that choice.
some heads have the lower studs and nuts behind the tubes so will need a tube that can be added afterward.
One of my own engines uses the Pauter tubes that use VW seals, and the other has home made tubes.
For the spring loaded tubes i always lube the seals that are between each side
to stop the o-ring being damaged
and also so that they keep tension on the end seals as the engine expands with heat.
Most of the sprung loaded tubes have less room inside han stockers.