CTA Tools2112 Valve Spring Compressor Kit , Red

I bought this in the hope that it would work for one particular odd ball cylinder head, that I needed to remove valve springs in the car. It worked ok for that job. But then I had to do a valve job on a Volvo the next day and this thing was amazing. I was able to use the hook that was one of the attachments, to quickly reposition to the next valve. I did all 20 valves in this 5 cylinder head in record time. Also has several size attachments for larger or smaller valve springs, as well as different attachments for anchoring the tool. It is very adjustable and should work on most heads. I have several other valve spring tool kits that I have invested a lot of money in over the years, but this is going to be my new favorite.

Decent tool, does the job. I was replacing valve stem seals on a 2.0 Jetta. (AEG) while the tool performed acceptably, there are few things that could drastically improve performance. The first would be bushings. The joints of the tool are loose, allowing for fairly significant "slop". I had the tool twist out of alignment and pop free, releasing the valve springs and launching the keeper lock into the netherspere. The second would be to make different options for the hook side.

Anchor hole was not drilled the correct size had to drill out myself but after that it worked great for my 12v vr6

nice ........so many ways to work on diferent heads

I was trying to decide between a 3 or 4 star review as the tool seems to be decent. However, I didn't get to use it. I bought it to do the intake valves on an Audi/Volkswagen 2.8L 30 valve V6. The intake valves are really small and the smallest adapter in this kit was too big. I returned it. So, don't buy it for a 5 valve head. It would likely work well for other applications though.

For $80, I didn’t expect to have to buy another valve spring tool to finish the job. This is the euro valve spring compressor tool, sold by FCP euro, and it’s supposed to be the tool for MANY different European makes and models, including a VW/Audi 20v 1.8t head. However, it did not include a spring depressor attachment small enough to compress the intake valves. I had to buy a second tool, the cheapest one I could find on eBay that was intended for motorcycle valves, to finish the job. Oddly enough the $25 eBay tool worked better and was easier to use. Quite frankly, this tool was very difficult to use, the spring compressor lever arm is very short, meaning there is very little leverage available, and it requires an immense amount of strength to overcome the spring force. I had to use the rod from my floor jack as a cheater bar to increase the leverage, and it was still very difficult. Save your money and buy a C-clamp style valve spring tool for $30. You don’t need this junk.

I LIKE THE PRODUCT AND HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO OTHERS.IT HAS NEW DESIGN THEN OTHER ONES AND WORKS GOOD FOR SERVICING MY ENGINE!!!

as expected

Nothing but good things to say about this tool set. Used it to rebuild my 2005 Audi A4 1.8T engine.

very adaptable

I'm satisfied