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Old 02-03-2008, 05:16 PM
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ive got a b18c5 in my del sol and im hitting almost 100 psi lower on my inner 2 pistons, we think its a bent valves. hoping i dont have to rebuild the whole motor. anyone run into this before??
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yeah it is bent valves. any smoke coming out from exhaust pipe? u know like bad piston rings.
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There have been countless situations where people have been pretty sure of their diagnosis and then begin work, only to find another problem. Run a leakdown test before you make your bent valves assumption official.
Old 02-04-2008, 09:12 AM
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not consistantly, ive only noticed a little smoke every once and a while
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yeah do a leakdown test and u will find out what exactly went wrong.
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