Heres a list of oem exhaust and intake valve seals that i got off acuraoemparts.com for a GSR. Which ones do i buy? what does (ARAI) and (NOK) stand for???????


Int 004 12210-PZ1-003 SEAL A, VALVE STEM (ARAI)
Int 004 12210-PZ1-004 SEAL A, VALVE STEM (NOK)

Exh 005 12211-PZ1-003 SEAL B, VALVE STEM (ARAI)
Exh 005 12211-PZ1-004 SEAL B, VALVE STEM (NOK)

 

Anyone Know???

 

just choose 1 part number for the intake side and 1 part number for the exhaust side.

muiltiply them by the amount you need.

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i think you are being confused by the fact that they have 2 different suppliers. dont let that fool you.

 

Well I just did a search on HT, I guess NOK and ARAI are just different manufacturers. I read a few posts that said honda USED to sell the ARAI valve seals which used to cost around $4-5 each. But now acura and honda only sells the cheap NOK ones for $1.14 each. I also read that they suck, and they have leaked for some people. I called a local acura dealership, and they said they only sell one kind NOK and they were $1.50 each. So I did a google search and found only one place the sells ARAI and also NOK, which is autopartswarehouse.com. But they only sell the exhaust seals. They sell the NOK for $1.99 and the Arai for $2.99. I called them to see if they have the intake ones, and the guy could barely speak english, this is how the conversation went:

GUY: hello
ME: hi, i'm looking up valve seals on your website and the arai intake valve seals are not listed
GUY: ok, how can I help you
ME:?? I want to buy arai valve seals, but you only have the exhaust ones listed, do you carry the intake ones.
GUY: so you want to buy an intake?
ME: no VALVE SEAL. Do you sell the arai intake valve seal?
GUY: ok, you want to buy an intake
ME: NO MAN VALVE SEAL.
GUY: ok, I put you on hold and I check, comes back on and says he doesn't carry them.


I went to a local autozone and they sell the felpro kit for $41. But they looked CHEAP as expletive. So know what the hell should I do???? Were can I buy some valve seals that i can trust. Its not a quick and eazy job to do all over again so I rather pay more for quality then have to redo them every year.

 

So whats a good brand of valve seals that i can buy????? Supertech makes some, ferrea makes some!! What other choices do I have? Who else makes valve seals?

 

im pretty sure my machinist put felpro valveseals in my head and the leaked with like 500 miles making my car burn oil.

just get oem ones

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blackeg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im pretty sure my machinist put felpro valveseals in my head and the leaked with like 500 miles making my car burn oil.

just get oem ones</TD></TR></TABLE>

When they started buning oil, what did you replace the felpros with??? I'm definetly not getting the felpro ones. But i also heard the ones honda and acura (OEM) sell are pretty cheap too.

 

I just went to the dealer and bought some...don't know what kind, but they are oem. It does look cheaply made though. You can also try those supertech ones. There a thread here about it.