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Valves on S A 3ltre
2 months back a mechanic test drove my car after taking her in for a minor problem on back wheel and broke the jockey pulley.I ended up with bent valves and a serious repair bill !
Car whas taken in for new valves and the head over skimmed in the process ! how the hell did i end up here after having a perfectly running engine 2 months back ? s&%$#*t
I have now decided to take whole engine out and clean the engine bay as i was planning to do it anyway.Will also replace everything that looks like they need replacing!Herewith pics of the whole process
Car whas taken in for new valves and the head over skimmed in the process ! how the hell did i end up here after having a perfectly running engine 2 months back ? s&%$#*t
I have now decided to take whole engine out and clean the engine bay as i was planning to do it anyway.Will also replace everything that looks like they need replacing!Herewith pics of the whole process
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Re: Valves on S A 3ltre
Dawie , no need to loosen bell housing onto engine block to take engine out . Just loosen pinch bolts on prop shaft where it goes in to splines and the 8mm bolts that hold the back of bel housing . I will post you a pic tomorrow of an engine bay that's just been painted and put back meticulously .
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- Silver
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Re: Valves on S A 3ltre
Read post too late ! Took the hole day to get motor out !Will apreciate the pic as i want to put in serious effort to clean up the engine bay.Thx
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Re: Valves on S A 3ltre
Dawie, how much did they skim off the heads?
Is the mechanic still alive?
Is the mechanic still alive?
GTV6 2.8 TT Race Car
GTV6 3.0 White
GTV6 2.5 Red
GTV6 2.5 RIP (donor)
GTV6 3.0 White
GTV6 2.5 Red
GTV6 2.5 RIP (donor)
Re: Valves on S A 3ltre
Dawie , here is the pic I took at Alex workshop . Try get all your brightwork anodised again ( yellow passivate) its really cheap in SA . Just make sure they don't loose the stuff . When you paint your black stuff use satin black as its not glossy nor mat . You can put the heat shield back in but you not gonna get matching shield .
The brake box you can just wire brush that to get its lustre back . Use fine brush .
The brake box you can just wire brush that to get its lustre back . Use fine brush .
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- Silver
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Re: Valves on S A 3ltre
LOOKING AT REPLACING THE WHOLE EXHAUST SYSTEM,ANY ADVICE OR SUGGESTIONS ?
Re: Valves on S A 3ltre
Two things:
If you want to specifically talk about exhaust systems, I suggest you move your enquiry into the Exhaust topic set.
Once you are there, tell me how radical do you want to go?
If you want to specifically talk about exhaust systems, I suggest you move your enquiry into the Exhaust topic set.
Once you are there, tell me how radical do you want to go?
Transaxle Alfas Haul More Arse
Re: Valves on S A 3ltre
Dawie , as md says go to exhaust thread but let us know if you gonna put the 2.5 heads back on the the 3.0 or if you managed to find 3.0 valves . I got some nice pics of exhausts for you . .
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Re: Valves on S A 3ltre
Kevin,will phone oom dawie 2morrow about 3ltre valves.I believe he has a set of 3ltre valves.Only problem to find heads.
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Re: Valves on S A 3ltre
HI KEVIN. Can you please supply me the sizes of the 3Lt Valves on the Alfa GTV6. I would like to see if the valves will fit & if it might be case of the head already being over sceamed. I am sending a few pics o the head & valves.
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I will email you as the 75 3.0 valves are bigger than our GTV 3.0 valves and those are not available any more . The valves will fit but you need to send it to a proper engineering works . Do you have any pics of the head from side view showing the brass plugs on the side . This gives an idea of how much has been skimmed of head . Bigger problem is your altitude you at with your fuel and those heads if the thy are skimmed to much . You must be about 2500 ft above sea level .
Re: Valves on S A 3ltre
I have brand new, 75 3.0 stainless exhaust valves. Let me know if you are interested. Will sell at a good discount compared to new price.
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Re: Valves on S A 3ltre
EVO HOW MUCH FOR THAT VALVES ?AND I NEED 2 HEADS THINK IT IS OVER SCEAMED >
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Re: Valves on S A 3ltre
I bought it for US$17 each from international-auto.com. But you can have it for US$12 each + shipping. Does that sound ok?
Zamani
Zamani