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For 1990-2009 cars only
Makes 🢒 Chevrolet 🢒 2006 🢒 Optra - Mexico 🢒 Engine 🢒 Engine Mechanical - 1.6L (L91) 🢒 Valve Guide Reaming, and Valve and Seat Grinding

Tools Required

    • KM-571-B Gage
    • KM-340-1-C Cutter Set, Including tools KM-340-7, KM-340-B, KM-340-26

    Object Number: 1289664 Size: SH
  1. Lubricate the valve stem using a fine-grained paste.
  2. Lift the valve rhythmically from the seat with a commercially available valve grinding tool in order to distribute the paste.

    3. Object Number: 1289666 Size: SH
  3. Check the contact pattern on the valve head and in the cylinder head.

    4. Caution: Refer to Safety Glasses Caution in the Preface section.

  4. Clean the valves, the valve guides, and the cylinder head.

Valve Grind

    Caution: Refer to Safety Glasses Caution in the Preface section.


    Object Number: 1289667 Size: SH
  1. Ensure that there are no crater line burns on the valve cone.
  2. The valve may be reground only 2 times. Do not grind the valve stem end.
  3. The angle at the valve face is 45 degrees.
  4. Inspect the assembly height of the intake valves and the exhaust valves.

Valve Guide - Ream

    Caution: Refer to Safety Glasses Caution in the Preface section.


    Object Number: 1289669 Size: SH
  1. Measure the diameter of the valve guide using KM-571-B and a commercially available inside micrometer.

    2. Important: Value oversizes may already have been fitted in production.

  2. An oversize service code is on the valve guide and the valve stem end. The Valve Guide Reaming Table gives the correct size, reamer, and production code for each service size. Refer to Engine Mechanical Specifications .
  3. Ream the valve guide from the upper side of the cylinder head to the next oversize.
  4. After reaming, cross out the code and emboss the valve guide with the new code.

Valve Seat - Cut

    Caution: Refer to Safety Glasses Caution in the Preface section.


    Object Number: 1289670 Size: SH
  1. Place the cylinder head on wooden blocks.
  2. Cut the intake and the exhaust valve seats using the guide drift KM-340-7, part of kit KM-340-1-C , as follows:
    3. • Valve seat--A 45-degree surface using the cutter KM-340-13.
    • Upper correction angle--A 30-degree surface using the cutter KM-340-13.
    • Lower correction angle--A 60-degree surface using the cutter KM-340-26.
  3. Clean the chippings from the cylinder head.
  4. Inspect the dimension for the valve seat width.

    5. Specifications

        • Intake: 1.17 to 1.57 mm (0.046 to 0.062 in)
        • Exhaust: 1.4 to 1.8 mm (0.055 to 0.071 in)
  5. Inspect the assembly height of the intake valves and the exhaust valves. If the dimension is exceeded, install new valves. Inspect the assembly height of the intake valves and the exhaust valves again. If the valve assembly height is still too large despite replacing the valves, replace the cylinder head.