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Old 01-11-2019, 04:59 PM   #44
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Has anyone seen any higher-mileage cars have a valve spring fail? I read somewhere else that it happens most commonly when the car is pretty much brand new. My car is at 114,000 kms. I don't like the idea of giving my car to a dealership for a problem that will probably not happen, but then again I've taken chances before and it hasn't worked out.

I'm at almost 170k km's, and it hasn't lived an easy life. No broken springs at all, or any internal troubles for that matter.
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