Re: Valve problems on the way home today.

Posted by Ross On 2010/6/5 21:57:20

If your car has more than 80,00 miles or so and has never had new piston rings I would vote for the broken-piston-ring-through-the-top-of-the piston theory. Sadly, I have seen it very many times on this engine. A piece of the ring
is now holding your exhaust valve slightly open, thus the .030 ventil spiel. It could be a piece of carbon, but normally that would pound out after some miles. Es tut mir schrecklich leid.

For a photo, check out my old post searching: ring-job