Author Topic: You Guys With Hydraulic Heads...Is this Normal?  (Read 7350 times)

Reply #15August 26, 2010, 03:56:30 am

rs899

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Re: You Guys With Hydraulic Heads...Is this Normal?
« Reply #15 on: August 26, 2010, 03:56:30 am »
This car starts and runs fine (well, it has fueling issues hence the pump I was about to install).  The valves are all closing as there is clearance when the lobes are pointing up.  I checked compression a couple of months ago and they were all around 400psi (this was after a rehone/rering)

It's just that the cam is taking a beating for some still unknown reason.  I need to button it up and move the car to where I will be able to get under her in case I decide to swap heads. Then take the cam off and see if I can dope it out. ???
'91 Jetta 1.6 NA, '82 Caddy 1.6NA, '81 Cabriolet,  4 Mercedes OM616/617s , 2 Triumphs and a Citroen DS19 in a pear tree.