Freelander 1 K series valves position question

websun · Jan 20, 2019

Hey guys, I have a weird question in order to determine of my cylinder head is proper.
I see on ebay and various sites cylinder heads have all valves seated at some point.

The problem I have if no mater how much I turn the camshafts I always have two valves open, is this normal or the ones I am seeing perhaps don't have the camshafts in?

Alibro · Jan 20, 2019

websun said:
Hey guys, I have a weird question in order to determine of my cylinder head is proper.
I see on ebay and various sites cylinder heads have all valves seated at some point.

The problem I have if no mater how much I turn the camshafts I always have two valves open, is this normal or the ones I am seeing perhaps don't have the camshafts in?

When you did the head gasket and were refitting the cam pulleys did you ensure the lugs at the centre of the pullies were in the correct position. It's a mistake I made once and took a while to find, take off the cam pulley bolts and check the little lugs that are covered by the bolts.

websun · Jan 20, 2019

Hi Alibro,
Yes the pulleys are correctly fitted with exhaust-in lugs in respective place. However the question is beyond that, is whether I should always have two valves open upon turning (in and/or exhaust) and never to a point where all 8 or 16 are shut.
The head is out of the car and turned upside down to check it out.

Alibro · Jan 20, 2019

websun said:
Hi Alibro,
Yes the pulleys are correctly fitted with exhaust-in lugs in respective place. However the question is beyond that, is whether I should always have two valves open upon turning (in and/or exhaust) and never to a point where all 8 or 16 are ****.
The head is out of the car and turned upside down to check it out.

Ok, mate. Sorry, that's beyond my knowledge. I refitted my pulleys with the lug for the exhaust pulley in the inlet position and it wouldn't start, funny old thing.

A few others here have done the same thing.

Nodge68 · Jan 21, 2019

websun said:
However the question is beyond that, is whether I should always have two valves open upon turning (in and/or exhaust) and never to a point where all 8 or 16 are shut.
The head is out of the car and turned upside down to check it out.

In a 4 stroke, 4 cylinder engine, there will always be 1 cylinder on each of the 4 cycles. So going by this, there will always be 1 cylinder on the induction stroke and 1 cylinder on the exhaust stroke. So those 2 pairs of valves will be open.

You can juggle the cams a bit, to make the valves look almost closed, but there's never going to be a point when all valves are closed.

If all 16 valves are closed, then there's no cam shafts fitted.

rob_bell · Jan 21, 2019

As Nodge says, if all 16 valves are closed, some one has removed the cams - otherwise there are at least a pair of open valves.

Freelander 1 K series valves position question

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