Burnt/Pitted Valve Stem

Tiny
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Howdy!

I got a v6 Camry engine and I've noticed that the right hand side exhaust valves (all 6 of them, by equal measure) are showing signs of pitting/erosion on the valve stems. Anybody know why this would happen to the right hand bank only?

Also, if the burn-off isn't severe, is it still safe to re-use the valves for a couple more years? I have a 92 with more than 120K miles on it, I'd hate to spend on new valves if something else in the block is gonna call for some major work just a few more miles down the road. I don't drive the car hard anyways, so unless I purposely set the timing late, the valves should hold up for a while.

Thanks for your advice!
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 AT 11:26 PM

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Tiny
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Anybody here who might be able to give me the cons in reusing exhaust valves with slightly eroded valve stems--that is, other than the obvious reason that they've got fewer miles of life left in them already?
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 AT 2:21 PM

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