Hi Everyone,
I had a set of custom valves and valve guides made for my turbo M103 project. The valve stems are 8mm exhaust and intake instead of the original 9mm exhaust, 8mm intake. I purchased two sets of valve stem seals hoping I could just use the intake seals and throw away the exhaust seals. However it seems the tops of the seals have a slightly different shape and look a little different in their rubber composition.
So, do you think I would be taking a gamble by using the intake seals on the exhaust side or will it be okay? I imagine, the only difference in wear and tear with exhaust vs. intake would be the heat that travels up the stem of the exhaust valve, this may be negligible though. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Adam

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Current Stable:
01 ML55 AMG
92 500E (a few mods)
87 300E (lots of mods)
00 Chevy 3500HD Diesel Box Truck
68 18' Donzi Marine
06 GT i-Drive7 1.0 Mountain Bike (with GPS!)

PREVIOUSLY OWNED:83 300SD, 87 420SEL, 88 420SEL, 90 420SEL, 86 560SEL, 86 190E 2.3-16V AMG, 94 E320