Combustion chamber/valve color
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Combustion chamber/valve color
I just picked up some used heads today and the guy said they were in great shape, but it musta slipped his mind to tell me how many miles. they are clean and in great shape, and are perfectly straight.
recently i did a compression test on my motor and some of the plugs had black residue on them and my auto shop teacher told me that black meant somthing and so did white. well these new heads have some valves with white residue.
my guess is each color designates either rich or lean, but i dont know for sure and was wondering if anyone can help me reveal anything about the motor they removed these heads from.
recently i did a compression test on my motor and some of the plugs had black residue on them and my auto shop teacher told me that black meant somthing and so did white. well these new heads have some valves with white residue.
my guess is each color designates either rich or lean, but i dont know for sure and was wondering if anyone can help me reveal anything about the motor they removed these heads from.
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white residue on the heads doesn't mean a whole lot, on the plugs it indicates lean, a little white residue is normal with todays oxygenated fuels as long as they are in good shap your fine, any pitting? I would go ahead and have a valve job done and replace the seals better now than after you get them on the car especially with unknown miles (at very least change the stem seals)
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i'll have one tomorrow afternoon. basically the valves are closed yet the thickness of the valve face is protruding past the surface of the combustion chamber. just a bit though...
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