Hi,

This sounds terrible, but I tried turning the crank yesterday and I am
hearing fairly audible hiss on cylinders 1 and 3.. I am gonna get a
compression check done tommorrow, seems like its gonna be bad news.

I dont notice severe chugging but it is noticeable, even if i floor the gas,
the car does not respond, then tries, gives up, tries gives up...

Talked to the service manager today, and he is trying to escape from fixing
the problem by saying that it is normal for a 70k miles car. These fellows
are really bad.
What can I do if they dont take responsibility??

Also, how hard is it gonna be to change the valves? Sounds like a time
consuming task...

In case I do have damage to the car, will it be just the valves or would the
exhaust and intake manifolds also take some wear? If so, should I change the
head?

Damn it, this sounds bad.

Ramswaroop


"George Macdonald" <fammacd=!SPAM^nothanks@tellurian.com> wrote in message
news:08kj70160rbea2nofjv0n4kmuee39q8ia5@4ax.com...
> On 11 Apr 2004 08:18:25 -0700, ramswaroop@hotmail.com (eswaroop) wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >The valves were adjusted too tightly, I am pretty much sure some of
> >them were burnt to an extent before I set them back to specs.. So do
> >the symptoms below seem to gel with that, burnt valves and compression
> >loss?
>
> With a burnt valve(s) I'd think you'd be able to feel some other symptoms,
> like severe chugging at transition from coasting to light acceleration.
> I'd also expect a check engine on the MIL if they were that bad. Have you
> tried turning the engine over by hand, as one does during a valve check,
> with a wrench on the crank pulley bolt to see if you hear the valves
> hissing and low resistance on the compression strokes?... crude form of
> compression check which you might also want to do more thoroughly.
>
> Rgds, George Macdonald
>
> "Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who,
me??