Timing belt broke at 90k so I decided to do the repairs on my own. I replaced the belt and gave it a spin and it didn’t start or feel like it had any compression. Almost like it didn’t have any spark plugs in place. I Verified the timing and it was correct. Then gave a spin to the intake cam and could feel a huge gap where it didn’t have any tension. Meaning I had bent valves and some weren’t moving. The big gap in the turning of the cam was the lifter not touching the valve because it was stuck in the open position. When I pull the head off I realized that it wasn’t just a couple of valves on the intake side it was 14 valves that got bent. So I decided to replace them all, it wasn’t much to buy. The valves cost $10 each, not bad. The dealer wanted $34 for the Exhaust and $29 for the Intake. Also had to replace the thermostat and return O-ring which went for $80 at the dealer. You’d probably better off making it yourself. I was lucky and found it for a real good price $5 each. The engine was fairly easy to disassemble, specially cause the bolts where really loose, I think actually removed one by hand from the exhaust.
The whole repair didn’t take to much time. The only thing that took long was getting the head to machine shop and wait to have it polished which they never did. I had to take the head to another place to get that done for me. It was a waste anyways because I’m not going to upgrade the intake on the car anymore. I just want to get it running decent. Well take a look at the pics and let me know what you think.
Here’s the car back when it was in running condition. It had about 53k on it
If you look closely you can see that the valves are bent. oh yea and they're stuck in this position. NOT GOOD. I also broke the lifters on these two.
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