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Couple B20E Head questions 120-130

posted by  RepairmanJackal on  Wed Nov 29 17:56 CST 2006
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I'll try and be briefer than ususal here.

I have my B20E head off for new head gasket. I plan to give the valves a quick polish, but have a couple of specific questions before I button it all back up.

#1 The 20E does not have the little dome-shaped plastic caps on top of the valve springs like on my B18. Should I put some on?

#2 I have a set of new unused B18 rubber spring-wound valve stem seals left over from my almost used up rebuild kit. Should I put these new seals on the 20E while I have it out? Will they fit with the bigger valve. I do have a valve spring compressor tool, and have previously dissassembled a B18 head so it shouldn't be to hard for me to get to them.

Note: I know the the B18 head gasket won't work on a B20, but all the other gaskets did fit perfectly.

#3 could a valve problem lower my compression test results to less than 30 psi?





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