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1ViciousGSX

01-15-2005, 01:37 PM

Pull the head. If there are marks on the other pistons from contact with the valves, then the 1 tooth off was problably the reason.

nathan

01-15-2005, 03:06 PM

Pull the head. If there are marks on the other pistons from contact with the valves, then the 1 tooth off was problably the reason.I took another pic of the head.You can see in this one that the stem is still in the valve guide.

1ViciousGSX

01-15-2005, 03:34 PM

Hard to say from the pic, but it looks like the spring is still compressed quite a bit.

I would say the valve stem is bent and that's why the spring/retainer is still in place. The valve head was probably struck by the piston, bent the stem and then broke off to do the rest of the damage.

1ViciousGSX

01-15-2005, 03:35 PM

Do any of the other followers seem loose? If so, then those valve are probably bent too.

nathan

01-15-2005, 03:46 PM

I went out to the car and checked the others.They all seem to be ok.

1ViciousGSX

01-16-2005, 01:43 AM

I would either start taking that engine apart to see what's salvagable or start looking for another engine. :(