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    Should my valves and cylinders look like this?

    I thought a couple of the exhaust valves looked a little weird. Am I just being paranoid?

    I just got the cylinders off and started degreasing the outside when I noticed that a couple of the cylinders look a little more than cruddy.









    Same one, different angle:



    One of the other cylinders:
    Last edited by Guest; 04-25-2017, 02:06 AM.

    #2
    Looks like it is time for a rebuild. No they should not look like that. Looks like a bore job , over sized pistons and rings , and new valves and seats are probably in order looking at those valves. Might be cheaper to find a good used head , and cylinders with pistons. Then just hone the cylinders and throw some new rings in it, hand lap valves and replace valve seals
    Last edited by hjfisk; 04-25-2017, 06:47 AM.
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      #3
      Looks like that engine sat for a while and had some water in the cylinders.

      As for the valves, any chance you checked clearances before taking things apart?
      I would guess clearance was a bit less than minimum on the cruddy valves.

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        #4
        I did not check the valve clearances.

        I do have another head and cylinder set. There's probably no chance of pulling the valves out of the other head and using it with his head, is there? The problem with the other head is that it has 6 exhaust bolts stuck in it. Machine shop here wants $60 an hour to do it. I already had them do that with this head for one bolt.

        The other shoulder set doesn't have that crudiness inside. It's just pretty dirty on the outside.. also the other valves don't have that mushroom look to them.

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          #5
          If the heads are for the same engine, then there is no reason you couldn't pull the valves and reuse them in the other head. You'll have to lap the valves at the very least. The lapping pattern will tell you if you need to do anything else.

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            #6
            I pulled the valves out of the second head this evening and they look great. I also pulled the cylinders and pistons. I have the pistons soaking in some chem dip.

            One of the cylinders on the second head has something similar, though nowhere near as bad. The first set, shown above, were pretty bad, you could feel the corrosion.

            This is the only cylinder with the discoloration, and it is not bad enough that you can feel it.

            What do you think?

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