Attempted to change the valve seals on my t5-r today, and it went pretty bad. When i tried to grip on to the valve seal i thought that the inside of it would come along aswell, but as it turns out there is a long tube inside it. I used a noseplier and stuck it in there and pulled/wiggled.
This made some damage at the very top of this tube that sits in the head. I tried sanding down the corner edges inside the tube with some fine sanding paper, but there is still some marks further in. Also managed to make a tiny vertical scratch in the valve, could not get it on camera.
So I'm planning on changing the valve for one thats in the other head i've got lying around, but this tube I speak of, is it pressed in to the head? Have i messed up up the cylinder head??