[T2] T4 1700 questions

[Bradley Spear]

1. An air infection pump started in 1973 that put air in to each cylinder
via these ports. You air pump hass probably been gone for years. Some
people seal the old tubes. Other people put in bolts. And others replace
the heads.

2. Probably valve seals.

3. I would replace the clutch, throw out bearing, and pilot bearing while
the engine and transmission are apart.

Brad Spear
'72 Westy
'71 Karmann Ghia

On Sat, Sep 1, 2018, 14:30 Dave Gillingham <dave at coronado-realty.com> wrote:

> Hi list:
>
> I pulled the engine from my 73 bus to replace the front and rear crank
> seals, and to have the trans rebuilt (the famous third gear synchro).
>
> Couple of questions:
>
> 1) This engine appears to have been an FI engine and it has some pretty
> ugly threaded (but plugged) tubes next to each plug.  Is there something
> less obtrusive that can be installed?
>
> 2) The engine emits a fair amount of blue smoke on start up.  I’ll guess
> worn valve guides, although it isnt clear to me how they would leak oil
> into the cylinder given the orientation of the valves.  Engine compression
> is between about 115 and 130, so I wasn’t planning on pulling it apart.
> Should I have the heads rebuilt?  Could the shop plug the FI holes?
>
> 3) Last for now:  the clutch was working just fine, and doesn’t look
> particularly worn.  Is there a way to check the pressure plate, or is this
> a “don’t be an idiot, replace both” scenario?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
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