how do i know if my valves are bent? car wont start after re aligning the timing
01-15-2004, 11:22 AM
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how do i know if my valves are bent? car wont start after re aligning the timing
marks. it turns over, but it wont start. is there any way that i can look at them besides taking the head off?
01-15-2004, 11:29 AM
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i hope i'm not mistaking
but if you can see that any valves don't touch the camshafts, that means they are bent. I don't beleive you need to take the heads off to see that. I'm not too tech savvy, though, sorry.
01-15-2004, 11:39 AM
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nope.. this is about the third time ive done this. about a month ago the serpentine belt came off
the tensioner and got tangled up in the timing belt. i took it out and thoght that i had aligned the timing belt correctly, but when i tried to start it i could hear the valves hitting. so today i realigned the timing perfectly, but it wont start up.
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01-15-2004, 12:16 PM
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um, that's not good. did you rotate the motor by hand first?
is it even trying to start? like coughing on a cylinder to two? If it is then I'd say the electric is fine & the head is hurting. Either way I hope you have lots of Advil around.