URGENT! Rust on valves!

[EXkidd91]

I just got an A1 from the junkyard with 106 on it, I got it home and took off the valve cover and there's rust on the valves....should i take it back? will the rust get it's self off? Also, how many quarts of tranny fluid do our cars hold, and where do you put it in?

[Ghostyman]

Is it actually rusted or is it just a kind of uniform brown color? Also, do you have auto or manual tranny? Manual tranny fluid is regular engine oil (I think 10-30 off my head) and is added through a fill plug on the side of the tranny. I think you can add auto tranny fluid through the dipstick hole.

[SN2BH22CB7]

I just got an A1 from the junkyard with 106 on it, I got it home and took off the valve cover and there's rust on the valves....should i take it back? will the rust get it's self off? Also, how many quarts of tranny fluid do our cars hold, and where do you put it in?

DAMN..theres rust on them shits...just redo the head...get new valves/V-Seals/springs/and rocker arms/V-retainers

and you'd be good

[SN2BH22CB7]

Is it actually rusted or is it just a kind of uniform brown color? Also, do you have auto or manual tranny? Manual tranny fluid is regular engine oil (I think 10-30 off my head) and is added through a fill plug on the side of the tranny. I think you can add auto tranny fluid through the dipstick hole.

the fill hole is right above the passenger side Halfshaft..on the tranny case!

can't miss it...its a BIG NUT with a washer on it

might want to jack the car up...take off that nut..and stick your finger in it....if you can't fill the fluid...fill it till it meets with the bottom of the hole...ONCE its to the bottom of the hole..put the nut back on it...and tighten it....then you're good


and yeah...its 10w30 engine fluid....if I was you ( EXkidd91 )...Id use some Lucas Oil stabilizer...SOME GOOD SHIT.....go to advanced auto or whatnot..and get that filler funnel with the tube on it..makes it BETTER to fill the MT case!!

DO NOT OVERFILL IT....or you will blow seals!

THAT IS...if you have a MANUAL.....ONLY IF YOU HAVE A MANUAL!!!

[EXkidd91]

no, it's actual rust sitting on the valves, and how many quarts?

[SN2BH22CB7]

Is it actually rusted or is it just a kind of uniform brown color? Also, do you have auto or manual tranny? Manual tranny fluid is regular engine oil (I think 10-30 off my head) and is added through a fill plug on the side of the tranny. I think you can add auto tranny fluid through the dipstick hole.

oh yeah...THERES NO DIPSTICK on MANUALS!!!!!!!!

ONLY ON AUTOMATICS!

[SN2BH22CB7]

no, it's actual rust sitting on the valves, and how many quarts?

maybe like 3. Im not sure..never had to drain and fill mine yet...BUT...like I said..just put it in..Till you feel the fluid at the bottom of the hole with your finger...NOT PAST IT..just at the bottom of the hole...and then its done..and seal it back up!

dont forget 10w30 for the tranny!

[SN2BH22CB7]

no, it's actual rust sitting on the valves, and how many quarts?

Yo..just go ahead and get a new valvetrain kit....because you don't know HOW LONG that A1 has been sitting in the boneyard...its best that you start off with NEW parts!!!

[EXkidd91]

There's the problem, i have no freakin money for a drive train kit. So I guess i will clean off those valves with oil real well, thanks anyway

[SN2BH22CB7]

There's the problem, i have no freakin money for a drive train kit. So I guess i will clean off those valves with oil real well, thanks anyway

LOL...not DRIVETRAIN...( engine/tranny/clutch)...NOOO...

VALVETRAIN...( valves..Valve retainers...O rings..springs...Rocker arms )


check your springs..and whatnot...if they look OK..then just change out the valves...bUT make sure you have a extender magnet...to get those retainers..they're small half pieces that keeps the valve in place...and they're metal...so you would need a magnet to take em out...its very TIDEOUS...but its worth it....

if you have time on your hands...OR...if want..just try and rub off the rust..off all the valves with a wirebrush..and polish em up!!

if you want to go with the CHEAP route!!!

OH YEAH>.forgot...when doing valve train work..take out the spark plug for that cylinder you're doing...and use a compression tank ....stick the hose with the plug adapter into that spark plug hole...and the pressure from it will snap the valve into place...so you don't drop a valve into the combustion chamber..during startup...( DISASTEROUS!!)

when doing the valves..you have to do em ONE BY ONE...2 intake...2 exhaust...BUT one by one....use that compression pressure to push the valve snug into that retainer and into the rockerarm..!!

1 intake.. 1 intake...1 exhaust...1 exhaust...

its time consuming...BUT better to do it right ..than to replace the engine because of LOOSE valves falling into the engine!!

to do valves...you need to take the head off....!!!!

[JDM_EJ]

I have an AT...and I had to use i think like 2 1/2 qts of fluid....

[Ghostyman]

Is it actually rusted or is it just a kind of uniform brown color? Also, do you have auto or manual tranny? Manual tranny fluid is regular engine oil (I think 10-30 off my head) and is added through a fill plug on the side of the tranny. I think you can add auto tranny fluid through the dipstick hole.

oh yeah...THERES NO DIPSTICK on MANUALS!!!!!!!!

ONLY ON AUTOMATICS!

I know. That's why I wrote what I wrote.

[NAiL05]

Get you a good valve job for the head might as well. Our cars take about 3 quarts of honda mtf. ANd everything else has basically been mentioned.

[The G-Man]

For your manual tranny fluid. Get some Honda MTF, or Pennzoil Syncromesh (which is same as GM Syncromesh). Our trannies take 2 quarts. The hole is a bitch and a half to fill because it is on the side.

[SN2BH22CB7]

For your manual tranny fluid. Get some Honda MTF, or Pennzoil Syncromesh (which is same as GM Syncromesh). Our trannies take 2 quarts. The hole is a bitch and a half to fill because it is on the side.

lol..yeah it is...thats why you go to Advanced Auto..or Autozone and get that funnel with that tube on the end of it...and its got a twisty valve to cut off the flow of fluid going into the tranny when filling so you don't overfill!!!

it comes in handy...VERY MUCH