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Old 06-21-2011, 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by dlampe View Post
Brent, what would be some other signs that would lead to a bad seal. I might have a similar problem. Should there be oil on top of the valve? With Weber's I can see the valve if I take the carb off.
Dean, the valve stems need to have some oil to them for lubrication, but there should not be oil pooling on top of the valve head.

Usually new engines don't have valve seal issues because we've gotten away from running the old o-rings and umbrella seals. However I've seen a lot of old cars puff on an upshift.
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