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 greedy53
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| posted on October 13th, 2010 at 04:38 PM |
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bloody ute
my 72 lowlite ute has chewed it way through another motor thats a 1600 than a 1800 and now a 2lit
first 1 had a rag in the fan from prevous owner the 1800 did a cam and the 2 lit looks like another cam
i think i'll park it 
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| posted on October 13th, 2010 at 04:54 PM |
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give it to me ,i will look after him 
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greedy53
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| posted on October 13th, 2010 at 07:09 PM |
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suck it's no use being nice he thinks you are week and ill attack
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| posted on October 13th, 2010 at 07:18 PM |
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did you mix and match lifter manufacture with different cam manufacture?
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greedy53
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| posted on October 13th, 2010 at 09:00 PM |
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no it was in a 76 van said recoed not that i take much interest in word of mouth.it sounds very like the cam failing on the 1800
oh! i hate vw utes
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| posted on October 13th, 2010 at 09:14 PM |
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What oil are you using ?
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65 manx,74 camper,60 Rat beetle.....and many more to come
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| posted on October 13th, 2010 at 09:25 PM |
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if mismatch lifters and cams are used then the metallurgy are very likely to be different.
Which always results in premature cam or lifer failure, depending on which is the softer metal. They must be the same metal/hardness in order to last
any length of time.
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| posted on October 14th, 2010 at 06:32 AM |
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the problem is starting to look like a valve has dropped hope thats all as i have a new head sitting the shed,
i may only need t scrounge up a 2 lt barrel and piston
oil was straight 30 been using it for years
it's jut depressing that is 3 engines in 18 months and the van has never given me any grief
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vwsteve
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| posted on October 14th, 2010 at 07:07 AM |
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yep, bloody vee dubs, whoever said they are reliable must have had a brand new 1 
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| posted on October 14th, 2010 at 07:14 AM |
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park it up and buy a beetle
did you change the oil every few thousand miles?
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| posted on October 16th, 2010 at 02:35 PM |
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wash ya mouth out rose i'm not a tratar a louse speller yes and it is only a loose valve seat PHEW ,and i have removed it in car not as hard as
thought
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greedy53
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| posted on October 17th, 2010 at 08:43 PM |
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well for any interested the bloody thing has a floating valve seat only damage is just the seat, so happy drinking again but it does explaen the
trouble i have been having with the tuning for the last year
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| posted on October 17th, 2010 at 09:46 PM |
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that would of been caused by over heating at some stage.
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