Sentences with phrase «failed valve stem»
As the oil smoke is coming out of the exhaust, that suggests to me that the oil is getting into the cylinders - the most likely causes for this are a blown headgasket, failed valve stem seals, or failed piston rings.
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The pump failed because the stem of a control valve had become corroded, and the cause of the corrosion, in turn, was leakage of steam from a system involving a connected valve.
I understand anything could fail at any time but I'm wondering is it worth servicing my fiesta that's on 270 thousand miles with an oil change every six thousand miles when something like the valve stem seals are likely to fail first.
Jordan Taylor was fifth in class in the No. 73 Corvette — this after the car lost nearly two laps in the pits when the valve stem that allows the car to be raised on its air jacks failed.