Machines with many valves were known to break a lot.
That wouldn't have anything to do with rods or valves.
One could control the flow of the water with valves provided by the sets.
His voice sounded like a '54 Chevy with bad valves.
They should have reacted pretty quickly - it was only a problem with valves, a simple technical matter.
By the 1830s the modern horn with three valves had been invented.
The fruit is a capsule with 3 to 5 valves.
It was based upon the K100 engine, but now with four valves per cylinder.
It has been described as being a bugle with valves.
But the main problem with valves, especially stopvalves, is that they stick open.