<VV> Valve stem seals (humor)

[airvair]

Unca Lonald,

And all on the same car? Gosh!

-Mark

corvairs wrote:
> 
> That is an opinion - Not supported by empirical OR anecdotal evidence,
> only, as far as I can see, some sort of superficial "logic". Now, I'm
> not going to say that the statement is wrong, because I can't prove it.
> What I CAN say is that I know of NO situation with a Corvair where the
> use of teflon valve stem seals has ever cause any kind of problem.
> They're all I've personally used for over 40 years and 1.7 million
> Corvair miles. Lon
> 
> www.corvairunderground.com
> 
> Jim McLott wrote:
> 
> >Two, in his excellent book, The Classic Corvair, Bob Helt speciffically does NOT recommend Teflon valve stem seals "because it may seal too well."  At the risk of starting a hot-adjust/cold-adjust war, what do other people on this list think about this?
> >