Can you bend a valve if...?

[graphikg]

If you jumped the car by engaging the clutch while it is rolling? I did just that and I started to hear this tick afterwards. I started the car the next day and I still heard the same thing. WTF?

[u3b3rg33k]

I've done that too many times with no new noises afterward. I don't see how that would bend a valve or cause any other problems unless you did something excessively stupid.

[nando]

no, not unless you somehow skipped timing on the chain.

[JGood]

Exhaust leak? Maybe a small crack opened up slightly during the abrupt jerking around of the engine?

[graphikg]

^^^^^ Hmmmm. Well, I am running on just headers right now. I will check if my headers moved around a little.

[JGood]

^^^^^ Hmmmm. Well, I am running on just headers right now. I will check if my headers moved around a little.

You're running open headers, and can hear a tick?

[Devil Inc]

That would be my question.

[Wh33lhop]

You're running open headers, and can hear anything?

[u3b3rg33k]

Exhaust leak? Maybe a small crack opened up slightly during the abrupt jerking around of the engine?

Abrupt jerking as compared to the motion of a running engine?

You're running open headers, and can hear a tick?

This.

[graphikg]

Trust me, I can hear a tick. Its actually pretty loud. I am at work, but I will try to get a sound clip on here so you can hear it for yourselves. I hope it is not a bent valve, but the car is running like sh** and is ticking for sure. I am going to take it to a shop for diagnoses, but got to get my exhaust sys taken care of first.

[hoveringuy]

No.

The only time I would NEVER jump the car that way is if it involves rain or water.

True story: I tried to start my 914 after a heavy rain once and it only cranked briefly before stopping. I thought "WTF?" and considered push starting it for a dead battery until I had the sense to pull a spark plug.

Water came out.

Water had run down my carbs and filled the cylinders, the engine was hydro-locked. Push starting it would have bown the cylinder heads off.

I pulled all the plugs, cranked the water out for a minute, put the plugs back in and drove it to my scheduled brief. Changed the oil that night.

VW's!

[nando]

You can't bend the valve by push starting your car. the only way to do that is if the chain breaks or skips teeth, which is nearly impossible.

[JGood]

Abrupt jerking as compared to the motion of a running engine?

Yes. The exhaust is mounted solid to the engine, and attached to the chassis. So any hard jolt of the engine could tweak the exhaust and open up a small crack even more. Normal running doesn't involve the same type of hit to the engine as pop starting it does.

It's just a slight possibility, a random suggestion. There's not much to 'tap' on an m50... injector, lifter, exhaust, maybe a valve.

[u3b3rg33k]

If your engine moves that much, your mounts are shot.

[JGood]

If your engine moves that much, your mounts are shot.

Maybe they are. It was a suggestion. Are you done beating it down now?