REPLACE VALVE SPRINGS OR NOT??

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lrjohn

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• Yesterday at 17:45

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I would appreciate your thoughts – I am rebuilding the cylinder heads on a 3.5 v8, carb version, from a Discovery 1 which has 75,000 miles on the clock which I believe to be genuine. I am going to re-grind the valves which all look good and no play in the valve guides. Question - is it necessary to replace the valve springs? Springs themselves look fine and tappets are good with minimal wear, very minor rub marks where they have sat on the cams.

Whilst asking, the official Land Rover workshop manual says nothing about replacing the head bolts so I assume they are ok to reuse?

All comments are much appreciated!

 

biketeacherdave

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• Yesterday at 18:22

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Springs should be fine, replace the bolts with new.

 

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• Yesterday at 18:39

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Sure the springs can be measured, specs in the manual?
But at that mileage I wouldn’t expect them to be an issue.

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• Yesterday at 22:16

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biketeacherdave said:

Springs should be fine, replace the bolts with new.

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Thanks for the advice!

 

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• Yesterday at 22:38

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no need.

Head bolts should be re placed.

 

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• Today at 12:07

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marjon said:

Sure the springs can be measured, specs in the manual?
But at that mileage I wouldn’t expect them to be an issue.

J

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Thanks for your advice, measuring the springs makes sense – I will find the specification

 

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• Today at 12:21

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At that mileage springs will not be a problem, the known weak point of these engines is the camshaft, so you might want to check that out and the oil supply to it.
When you measure the springs they will be bound to be slightly compressed compared to new but unless you are getting valve bounce I really wouldn't bother with changing them.
Do make sure the valve seals are changed though, if there are any on that engine. (Although I have one I have never had to do any work on it yet!)

 

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• Today at 12:58

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Stanleysteamer said:

At that mileage springs will not be a problem, the known weak point of these engines is the camshaft, so you might want to check that out and the oil supply to it.
When you measure the springs they will be bound to be slightly compressed compared to new but unless you are getting valve bounce I really wouldn't bother with changing them.
Do make sure the valve seals are changed though, if there are any on that engine. (Although I have one I have never had to do any work on it yet!)

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Thank you, much appreciated. I did find the spec for the valve dimensions, 1.9 inches unloaded, and they are all at that length so that is excellent. Good recommendation on the camshaft, I will take a look. I did buy valve stem oil seals, only required on the inlet valves. They are slightly odd in that they are simply a rubber washer in effect so will be floating as opposed to a seal that fits like a cap over the valve guide, the old ones were rock hard and cant have been very effective