a guy i know is trying to sell me his cousins 96 ls. he said that its 100% stock and 156,000 miles. he told me two valves are bent. he just ran a compression check and these are the numbers

180 130 170 180

i figure a little carbon buildup so some seafoam would be nice..

i havent seen the car, and before i make the 2+ hour trip to look at it wanted to know what you guys thought. would a bent valve make the compression that low in a cylinder?

i've got the chance to pick it up very cheap..but i'm really not looking to do a ton of work to the head.

 

whats the selling price? small cylinder head job to replace a couple of valves and guides might be worth it. maybe replace all guides and rock a brand new used integra.

 

its got powdercoated fat fives and an oem itr spoiler, a swaybar and lowering springs, little stuff..

the cousin wants 2,500..but the guy i know.. (whos trying to help his cousin get the car sold and me into one) said i can probably get it for 1,800.

apparently there is a fat stack of records, with the most recent repairs being the timing belt, water pump, clutch, brakes all within the last 5,000 miles or so

 

maybe a shot piston or two, those numbers are pretty far apart.

mine is 210 200 200 190 on a 1998 ls w. 95k miles.

 

 

A leak down test will tell you where it's leaking from!

 

$1800 is really a good deal even with the bent valves and plus those mods are nice too IMO go for it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Loveless. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">maybe a shot piston or two, those numbers are pretty far apart.

mine is 210 200 200 190 on a 1998 ls w. 95k miles.</TD></TR></TABLE>

those numbers are pretty high for b18b, got something bumping compression?

 

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those numbers are pretty high for b18b, got something bumping compression?</TD></TR></TABLE>

no, the motor gets taken care of.

 

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i've got the chance to pick it up very cheap..but i'm really not looking to do a ton of work to the head.</TD></TR></TABLE>

then you shouldn't pick this one up, nad if you do, might be easier and cheaper to just drop in another LS longblock.