1996 DODGE AVENGER / GUIDE VALVE QUESTION?
I have been told not long ago by the automechanic which my beam valves need to be transposed upon my ‘96 Dodge Avenger. However, it’s the really critical responsibility as well as money’s parsimonious right now. My subject is, can this be put off for the integrate of months, or is it critical sufficient to need evident attention? Or do we presumably have alternative options?
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Tagged: 1996 · avenger · Dodge · guide · Question · valve
It depends. What engine is in your Avenger? If it’s the Mitsubishi built 3.0 V-6, a common problem was worn valve seals. The seals sit at the valve stem, and control the amount of oil that can go down the valve guide. These seals can be replaced. It’s not really easy—the rocker shafts have to be removed, then the valve springs have to be compressed to get at the seal, but total parts cost is well under $100.00, and the heads don’t have to be removed in order to replace the seals.
I have 1986 mazda p/u the valve seal guides were bad for about 5or6 yrs before i fixed them,I decided to fix it when it started blowing black smoke out the tail pipe and became kinda embarrassing.But if you can round up the money I would fix them as soon as possible,so as to avoid other problems.
When your valve guides are worn you usually get more oil getting burned as it goes through the worn valve guides and you also get a car that smokes more.Its not a serious problem and the car will usually run for years with worn guides if you can stand the smoke and keep oil in the engine.I’ves seen people use stp oil treatment when they change oil and it usually helps somewhat .