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- From: frankb@sad.hp.com (Frank Ball)
- Subject: Re: Did Datsun A14 motors have brass valve seats?
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- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 00:01:12 GMT
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- John J. Stankus (stankus@d31mf2.Stanford.EDU) wrote:
- & I'm helping a friend who is replacing a head gasket on a 1979 Datsun A14
- & engine. When he talked to the machine shop he is going to have check the
- & head for flatness and dip it, they mentioned that this engine had for some
- & of the years it was manufactured came with brass valve seats, that had a
- & tendency to come out. Can anyone confirm or deny this? If so what years
- & had them. Any other wisdom about the idiosyncrasies of this engine would
- & be appreciated.
-
- Datsun did use brass valve seats on some engines, such as the L16
- used in the PL510s from '69 to '72. I don't know about your engine.
- I never heard of them coming loose.
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