with the old belt off i turned the crank with a spark plug out to line it up with the markings. i reached a dead spot and thought it was some compression still left in the motor so i put in some more effort and it spun thru but at the same time it made a tapping noise in the valve cover area!
i realized he camshaft markings where off by a good bit and came to the conclusion that it was the piston hitting a valve.
i lined up the cam markings and and put the belt back on, gave it a few rotations over by hand to make sure everything was good and lined up while listing for that same noise... as was quiet so i bolted it all back up and started the car
it fired up but was running very very rough. i pulled the valve cover and found ROCKER ARM #6 on the exhaust broken!
i have new parts on the way and am going to replace the rocker with out removing the head as i dont the the money to lift the head or replace all the rockers and i need the car back to drivable condition ASAP.
my question, IS the valve likely to be bent from doing this? or did the piston hit the valve causing force on the arm and it made it snap? i have no chose to replace the rocker and find out....but want to hear your guys thoughts
car has 205k on it and ran smooth but definitely not babied around.
thanks
i realized he camshaft markings where off by a good bit and came to the conclusion that it was the piston hitting a valve.
i lined up the cam markings and and put the belt back on, gave it a few rotations over by hand to make sure everything was good and lined up while listing for that same noise... as was quiet so i bolted it all back up and started the car
it fired up but was running very very rough. i pulled the valve cover and found ROCKER ARM #6 on the exhaust broken!
i have new parts on the way and am going to replace the rocker with out removing the head as i dont the the money to lift the head or replace all the rockers and i need the car back to drivable condition ASAP.
my question, IS the valve likely to be bent from doing this? or did the piston hit the valve causing force on the arm and it made it snap? i have no chose to replace the rocker and find out....but want to hear your guys thoughts
car has 205k on it and ran smooth but definitely not babied around.
thanks
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