What does the yellow paint on my valves indicate?

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11-24-2010, 03:06 PM

alamantia

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What does the yellow paint on my valves indicate?

Is this GM's way of identifying hollow stem valves?

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11-24-2010, 07:18 PM

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Is this GM's way of identifying hollow stem valves?

all ik is that the yellow valve springs indicate its an ls6 valve spring good for up to .550 lift

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11-24-2010, 08:37 PM

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The yellow paint is GM's quality control, the yellow paint represents that there is a flaw and the assembly is junk. I need your email address to give you the address to send the heads to.

I have no idea.

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11-24-2010, 11:57 PM

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pull one and weight it. I don't know another way, not that there isn't one. I know they have longer tip, but that might be harder to measure.

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