sr20 valve stem seals

[Kazama1986]

Well my sr20det redtop started to smoke and from guess it has to be the valve stem seals. I have found replacements at phase2motortrend. but on this little write up it says i can use ka24de ones for the exhaust and sentra ones for the intake. the write us is here Technical Articles: How To: Build a 9000rpm SR20DET Head (http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=238409), and please don't burn for looking on nico club. but i was wondering if it true that i can use these instead of the ones from phase2motortrend. also i wonderng if i should do anything else to the head while i have torn apart. not things like upgraded springs and retainers and all that other fun stuff. just the bare minium i guess. my pockets are only filled with lint and old receipts. thanks for the time.

[aNskY]

that would be the time to do a valve job, springs/retainers/cams, port/polish, etc .. but if dont have the cash or thats not what youre lookin for, just replacing the seals would be fine.

[Kazama1986]

thanks for the reply, but does anyone know if the valve stem seals can be used from a different motor?

[Sileighty_85]

Just buy OEM dont cheap out and buy some autozone crap that will wear out after a year or so

OEM S13/S14/S15 SR20DET Valve Stem Seals (http://phase2motorsports.stores.yahoo.net/oems1srvasts.html)

[Kazama1986]

sorry but i have another question. i'm planning on doing this with the head still on the block. how would i pressurize the cylinder?

[Sileighty_85]

there is an adpater that you can buy that screws into the spark plug socket.

I heard ppl say that doing a cylinder at a time is easier if you raise that cylinder to TDC and letting the valve sit on it.

[pwr-adr]

/\ /\ True, just set the cylinder you are working on to tdc so even if the valve does drop it doesn't go down too far and looses alignment with the guides. I just used a similar sized socket in comparison to the seals and tapped them down. No issues since.

[Kazama1986]

but how did you pull the seals out since the valve is still in place. do they break loose easily?