Valves
Guides & Springs
Valve Guides
Bronze guides are very heard wearing & if you do have a problem with your engine which causes valve to piston contact the guide may distort slightly, but this is very unlikely to break. Whereas the valve guide made from iron will either crack & fall out at a later date causing a second failure or break into small particles imbedding themselves in the piston & head, so if your budget permits use bronze guides.
| Part No. | Descriptions | Outside
DIA mm |
Inside DIA mm |
Overall length mm |
| 2.0L Valve guides | ||||
| VL-G1 | Bronze valve guide 2.0L XE 16V can be used for the 1.3 to 1.6L 8V as well | 11mm | 7mm | 45.5mm |
| VL-G1S | Iron valve guide 2.0L XE 16V can be used for the 1.3 to 1.6L 8V as well | 11mm | 7mm | 45.8mm |
| VL-G2 | Bronze valve guide 13mm 2.0L XE 16V, the 13mm guide was only used on some of the early 16V Astras with coscast heads | 13mm | 7mm | 45.5mm |
| VL-G6 | Bronze valve guide to suit the special 5mm VLV-01 & VLV-02 1.6L XE 16V | 10mm | 5mm | 45mm |
| 1.6L Valve guides | ||||
| VL-G3 | Bronze valve guide for the 1.4L & 1.6L XE & Ecotec engines ( can be modified for use in the 1.8 & 2.0L Ecotec engine) value guide 10mm 1.6L 16V | 10mm | 6mm | 45mm |
| VL-G5 | Bronze valve guide to suit the special 5mm VLV-23 & VLV-24 2.0L XE 16V | 11mm | 5mm | 45.5mm |
Valve
Springs
VLS-06K
Single valve spring set of 16 (must be used with special Valve caps)
VLS-05K
Double valve spring set of 16 (must be used with special Valve caps)
