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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: dillenger1 on February 27, 2008, 02:52:13 pm

Title: stupid question(noob)
Post by: dillenger1 on February 27, 2008, 02:52:13 pm

I have some old rebuild parts still in the packages from years ago.What the difference between valve guides and seals?I think i have a set of seals,but what do the guides look like ?

Title: stupid question(noob)
Post by: burn_your_money on February 27, 2008, 03:12:55 pm

guides are tubes

(http://img.alibaba.com/photo/50486899/Sell_Inlet_Exhaust_Valves_Valve_Guides.jpg)

seals just look like seals

Title: stupid question(noob)
Post by: TedV on February 27, 2008, 03:14:39 pm

go to google images and search "vw valve guide"  and plenty of pictures will come up.   valve guides are brass colored tubes pressed into the head the valves slide in no rubber to them.  seals have the rubber

::edit:: me and my slow computer,   or just look up above.  :lol:

Title: stupid question(noob)
Post by: burn_your_money on February 27, 2008, 04:05:28 pm

I did exactly what you said TedV :lol: google knows everything