Rebuilding the heads
 

These guys are clearly not seating.

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Not surprisingly four of them are bent.

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Luckily the valve guides are not damaged.

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So fresh valves instead of the bent ones should fix it.

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Using some grinding compound to improve seating of the new valves.

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Lapping.

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I had to go back to these ones 2 or three times.

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But finally they were sealing.

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Inspection for potential deterioration/warpage. Measured with the feeler gauge and a straight edge the difference everywhere was lower than 0.03mm. In the shop manual this is exactly the highest tolerated value for a freshly resurfaced head. The tolerance for a used head that you still can put back on is 0.05mm. Great news, no resurfacing needed.

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Coming along.

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Timing, variocam, lifters
 

I took apart, cleaned and reassembled each lifter. I can't stand lifer ticking.

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Soaking overnight in engine oil.

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Back again.

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Variocam teardown.

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New pads and chain.

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Reassembled.

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Setting the timing and camshaft position.

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Almost there!

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Interesting project and thank you for posting the progress with images :cool:

Finishing up.
 

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Great look onto the sky through the engine bay.

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Smog test. Passed!

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This is after 500 miles. So far so good.

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Congrats!

Did you expect to take this engine rebuilt one year?

LOL!
Mine has taken four so far, through supply issues and a move.
Hope to wrap this month.

Absolutely. I'm not a mechanic and I have very limited time for wrenching in the garage with two small kids. And this is not my only one project ;)