I did the seals of my 603 at about 300K, I made a tool, but will get the
right one next time. The old seals were very brittle. I only changed them
because I was in there doing the chain anyway. I noticed NO change in oil
consumption/smoking, as Marshall says. Valve seals have little influence
on oil consumption because there is no vacuum as in Gassers. I still feel
better having good seals.
Loren
86 SDL in this case.
At 03:29 PM 12/19/2005, you wrote:
I think Dave M. was the only one on the list who did
the valve stem seals on the OM60X engine. I did this
on my 240D but I remember the required tool was
completely different. 60X engine requires a "bridge"
tool and a crawlfoot to do this job. Trial &
elimination approach sometimes does get expensive,
doesn't it? All in all, the collective knowledge on
this list probably has saved us a lot of $$$.
Tan
--- Zeitgeist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, in an effort to diagnose and (hopefully) fix my
> OM603's excessive
> blue smoking problem upon acceleration, I picked up
> a cheap rebuilt
> 350 SDL turbo on ebay ($150), thinking it might stem
> a source of oil
> entering the intake stream--it didn't. My recent
> compression test
> didn't reveal any anomalous readings in any of the
> cyls, especially
> #1, which had been thought to be a candidate for a
> breached chain
> vault leak--it wasn't. So, now I'm back to valve
> stem seals as the
> prime culprit. Anyone know who's the best tool
> source and brand name
> for the valve spring compressor used to get at the
> seals while the
> head is still installed? I seem to remember Dave M
> saying to only use
> MB stem seals.
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
> btw: I was able to re-clock the turbo and
> significantly shorten my IC
> plumbing, while installing a bigger breather setup.
> I'll post pics
> and a write up on Rusty's web forum.
>
> Casey
> Olympia, WA
> Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative
> state"
> '87 300TD intercooler (211k)
> '84 300D (207k)
> Gashuffer:
> '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (186K)
>
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