I Gotta Question

a friend of mine has a b17 in his 94 hatch and there use to be this kinda knocking sound in his head above the number 4 cylinder, I told him about it, well a few days after I told him about it he called me and said it got worse,

I had him look under his hood, he said that his plug wire cover had a hole blown out of it, so he took that off and the top off his number 4 plug wire had exploded into pieces, he took it off and took out the spark plug, he told me the gap was gone, i told him thats why the wire exploded, it shorted out, but why did it lose its gap and get smashed together, I think that sound was a loose retainer and now the retainer came off and the valve fell in the cylinder and smashed against the spark plug.

what do you guys think?

Discosteak

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yup thats what happens when you drop a valve, same thing happened to my prelude so i ditched the h23 head and bought an h22

I Gotta Question

so how do you think his cylinder is gunna look, and his piston, you think it will be alright with just a bottle brush?

Cynical 1

It'll probably be trashed...

Discosteak

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i had to do a full rebuild, hole in piston+bent rod

I Gotta Question

ahh crap that sucks, well do you think it is that bad on his considering he drove it home with no problems except the fact there was this loud sound under the hood? Well I guess he wont be too bad off considering he was gunna put his turbo on this week, i guess he can just get his **** built up now.

Discosteak

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thats the way to look at it. not as a setback, but an opportunity for upgrade