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Old 05-22-2013, 09:38 PM   #10
mopar346
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Re: Doing A Valve Job

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Originally Posted by Ardee83 View Post
The bent push rod is in the #5 cylinder, I was told that the push rod is bent because the valve seal is mushroomed over and causing the lifter to stick and that the lifter in the #5 cylinder is collapsed (by the mechanic and he is a great mechanic, ..........
No offense but not if he told you that.

Once again Insidious is giving you good advice. You can replace the seals fairly easily with a few special tools with the head on the engine, the key is the guide inspection if there is play in the guides then the seals will only hold short term.
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