Hi,
I agree with Jims sugestion and the beauty of it is that if the engine passes
test 1 then you put the belt on and drive away having never removed the head
I don't know this engine but I think in order to do what Jim suggests you
will first need to either install a new timing belt, or remove the cam
shafts (allowing all the valves to close. Other wise new damage may be done.
>> I just got a call from the shop on my 89' Mi16 with the broken timing
>> belt, they think the head is damaged. The shop wants $300 to remove the
>> head and confirm this.
>
>Here's some things that you could do yourself...
>
>1 - run a compression check on each cylinder, leave plugs out
>2a - use a stick magnet to troll for valve bits on top of pistons
>2b - remove the cam covers and cams and look at valve stem positions
>3 - get a fibre-optic microscope and peer into spark-plug holes
>
>All tools for this are common or rentable.
>
>A - run test 1, a cylinder with normal compression should be OK
>B - if test 1 fails, run test 2 and/or 3, as a cylinder with bad
>compression has at least one bent valve
>C - if test 2 fails, run test 3 a cylinder with bent valve may have a
>kissed piston.
>
>Good Luck....
>
>-Jim
Frank DeWitt
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Holcomb NY. 14469
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