My 405,xxx mile valve job....

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Out of curiosity, why did you not paint the other manifold?

My front manifold had a crack, so I had Dan send me a new one.

The rear was fine and is barely noticeable with the heat shields in place.

It will be even less noticeable when I install one of YotaTeq's food warmers

What are the before and after compression results?

Does it have original rings? Any work done to the lower end?

I had 155 across the board (except for #2 of course) before I started.

Didn't bother checking after she was complete.

The bottom end is all original.

Keep in mind she's never been opened up and still sported the original HG

Nice work. Did they measure the cam lobes? Incredible to get 400K+ miles out of a camshaft!

Yes, all within spec

Genuinely impressive you did this job yourself. Big job! Congratulations that it turned out well!

It was pretty much straight forward.

My main issue was waiting on parts and the fact that I only got to work on her for a few hours one day out of the week due to my job, plus having to work on other cars while I was at the shop

At the same time, I was doing a valve job on a 2012 Audi A5 that jumped timing and smashed all of the valves at a whopping 53,xxx miles

Talk about a PITA (entire nose has to be removed to pull the head)

I swear, I will NEVER own a German car outside of factory warranty!!

I saw the yellow going on the valve cover. I thought "what the f&%$. That is going to look stupid." But with the CAT sticker i actually really like it, good job!

Yeah, I've had a thing for yellow for quite some time lol

Even drenched my T/A in it

 

[arcteryx]

My front manifold had a crack, so I had Dan send me a new one.

The rear was fine and is barely noticeable with the heat shields in place.

It will be even less noticeable when I install one of YotaTeq's food warmers

Gotcha. Never seen them new so it looked like it was paint. Not that you could tell with the heat shields on though. Thanks for the video on the time-sert, neat stuff.

 

[stevezero]

I dont think that guys going to get that threadcutter up his nostril, but I could be wrong....


Great write up.

 

[cruiserdan]

I kinda like that yellow valve cover.

 

[70Cruza]

Very nice write up. Thanks for taking the time and effort to share the knowledge.

 

[jamesg]

Snake Eater, thank you for sharing the work you did. Question; where did you get the hose clamps you used on the silicone hoses and what are they called and how would you rate them? I will probably use them as well. Thanks

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Snake Eater, thank you for sharing the work you did. Question; where did you get the hose clamps you used on the silicone hoses and what are they called and how would you rate them? I will probably use them as well. Thanks

Breeze Stainless Steel Constant Torque Clamps (CT9410)

Picked up 10 on EBay for $20 bucks

I had used the same clamps on my PHH years ago and they still looked new when I pulled them out

 

[Kernal]

Anyone with ideas behind the cause of the crack in the exhaust manifold; casting defect, burn through, ---?? Wonder how often this has happened??

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Anyone with ideas behind the cause of the crack in the exhaust manifold; casting defect, burn through, ---?? Wonder how often this has happened??

I'm guessing it just burned through from all the excess fuel being dumped past the exhaust valve.

Didn't start making noise until the miss went from intermittent to a hard miss, but with the heat shields in place, I couldn't tell exactly where it was coming from and just assumed the gasket had failed until I actually pulled the manifolds.

To get her to the shop without killing my O2's, I just disconnected the #2 injector and she actually idled and drove just fine on 5 cylinders

 

[Kernal]

Good to know. Thanks.

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Installed a YodaTeq food warmer earlier today

Been putting off hooking up my catch can cause I wasn't sure if I needed to relocate it, but fit perfectly

Now I just gotta order up new silicone tubing for it

 

[vladi80]

that yellow CAT looks awesome.

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

Did another oil change at a little over 5000 miles with zero consumption

Running better than ever, but still haven't gotten around to dropping the leaky gas tank

Anything more than 3/4 will drip and puddle

 

[baldilocks]

Did another oil change at a little over 5000 miles with zero consumption

Running better than ever, but still haven't gotten around to dropping the leaky gas tank

Anything more than 3/4 will drip and puddle

Awesome news.

 

[tominboise]

tubing

What kind of engine oil were you using?