It is done...(well almost)

[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

I think what Larry was aiming to say is that there were only two valves in 
the cylinder (as opposed to in the head, where they are when they're 
closed) when the piston came up to TDC.  Normally the valves are supposed 
to be out of the road by the time that happens... :)

The real drag about the 16V is not that it's an interference engine, but 
that the valves come into the combustion chamber on an angle, which means 
when they get smacked by the piston, they bend.  At least on the diesels 
(you knew it was coming, didn't you?) you generally end up with valve 
impressions in the piston tops and nothing more.  Of course, you can also 
end up with some spectacular valevtrain damage, including followers 
getting driven out of the bore and getting wedged between the cam lobe and 
the side of the head...  But on the plus side, the valves always come out 
unscathed....:)

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, Julie Macfarlane wrote:

> Larry, sweetheart. Its a 16v. It has 4 per cyl...
> 
> 
> 
> Julie Macfarlane
> Menlo Park Research & Development
> Internet Application Developer
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> 
> 
> 
> >From: "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>
> >To: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Re: It is done...(well almost)
> >Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:57:57 -0700
> >
> >Because that's all the valves there were in that cylinder.
> >HTH.
> >Larry
> >   We must have talked for an hour
> >   trying to work out why the thing only took out 2 valves...
> >
> >
> 
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