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* Timing belt broke.
* 200 lbs compression on 2 cylinders and 160 on another. Only 60 on the
last.
* Pulled the head and see no evidence of valve/piston damage. Did see some
coolant in the cylinder that was low.
* Possible blown head gasket and the head's ok?

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unix-freak wrote:

> * Timing belt broke.
> * 200 lbs compression on 2 cylinders and 160 on another. Only 60 on the
> last.
> * Pulled the head and see no evidence of valve/piston damage. Did see some
> coolant in the cylinder that was low.
> * Possible blown head gasket and the head's ok?

dunno... i guess all valves would have had to have been in the closed
position when the piston came back up in order to blow the head gasket.
can valves be bent and not be visibly bent? could there be a crack in
the head?

id probably have the head sent out regardless, to be checked out and
cleaned up

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:17:39 GMT, SoCalMike <mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com>
wrote:
||dunno... i guess all valves would have had to have been in the closed
||position when the piston came back up in order to blow the head gasket.

That happens every other revolution, normally
Texas Parts Guy

OH yeah...while the heads off, I'll get it checked out. There's no evidence
of any piston/valve clashing either. I was expecting to see something
bad....but am not.

Orginally the car overheated (water pump seized up). My daughter kept
driving it and she made it to my house when it quit (timing belt
broke)...probably low speed / RPM.

SoCalMike wrote:

> unix-freak wrote:
>
>> * Timing belt broke.
>> * 200 lbs compression on 2 cylinders and 160 on another. Only 60 on the
>> last.
>> * Pulled the head and see no evidence of valve/piston damage. Did see
>> some coolant in the cylinder that was low.
>> * Possible blown head gasket and the head's ok?
>
> dunno... i guess all valves would have had to have been in the closed
> position when the piston came back up in order to blow the head gasket.
> can valves be bent and not be visibly bent? could there be a crack in
> the head?
>
> id probably have the head sent out regardless, to be checked out and
> cleaned up

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I'd have a valve job done anyway. I've seen "bent" valves that were only
bent enough to not seal. They usually can usually be faced and be ok.


"unix-freak" <eat_your_spam@nice_try.com> wrote in message
news:ADOXc.37780$cx.12970@bignews4.bellsouth.net.. .
> OH yeah...while the heads off, I'll get it checked out. There's no
> evidence
> of any piston/valve clashing either. I was expecting to see something
> bad....but am not.
>
> Orginally the car overheated (water pump seized up). My daughter kept
> driving it and she made it to my house when it quit (timing belt
> broke)...probably low speed / RPM.
>
> SoCalMike wrote:
>