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defender40wm

New Member

• May 9, 2013

• #21

hi all, sorry to hijack the thread, but do the seals go mainly with age or mileage?

My 1996 defender has only done 52,000 but blue smokes like a bus for a few minutes then it is perfectly clear after.

I too am thinking about changing the valve seals

 

jamesmartin

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• May 9, 2013

• #22

both

 

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Thor1950

Well-Known Member

• May 9, 2013

• #23

defender40wm said:

hi all, sorry to hijack the thread, but do the seals go mainly with age or mileage?

My 1996 defender has only done 52,000 but blue smokes like a bus for a few minutes then it is perfectly clear after.

I too am thinking about changing the valve seals

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Unless you are using motor oil wouldn't bother. Could be just a little extra fuel on start up

 

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defender40wm

New Member

• May 9, 2013

• #24

ah right, thanks for the replies!

i have noticed it has started to use a little oil, and when i start it after being left overnight and open the throttle it chokes up and struggles a little until the smoke clears. I ususally drive up the road with the cloud of smoke following me. Then its fine. but its a bit of a pain.

 

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Thor1950

Well-Known Member

• May 9, 2013

• #25

defender40wm said:

ah right, thanks for the replies!

i have noticed it has started to use a little oil, and when i start it after being left overnight and open the throttle it chokes up and struggles a little until the smoke clears. I ususally drive up the road with the cloud of smoke following me. Then its fine. but its a bit of a pain.

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you are over fueling is a injector issue

 

666 george

Well-Known Member

• May 9, 2013

• #26

Here's how I did it.
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f16/valve-stem-seal-replacement-198323.html

 

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defender40wm

New Member

• May 9, 2013

• #27

ah thats a great help cheers

 

mrchurchill109

Active Member

• Jun 5, 2013

• #28

As I said earlier, here's the write-up I did after I did mine on the 2.5D lump in my 110.

Valve seal replacement with description of making the air chuck

The write-up includes how to make the air chuck from a defunct glow plug - it's really easy to do and anything that saves me yanking the head off an engine works.

ajr