The crankshaft pulley on my 94 Si backed off i replaced the crankshaft and bolt because it was beat up, had a shop put it back into timing and it wouldnt start so they diagnosed it as bent valves i ripped apart my h22 and removed the cylinder head. is it normal that all the valves are closed 1 and 4 pistons are at tdc. none of the valves look bent any other suggestions?


Modified by nsb823 at 11:03 AM 3/11/2008

 

bump. can anyone help?

 

Did you bother to do a compression test before tearing it apart?

 

yes i did the compression was fine

 

Well then the valves weren't bent. Put it back together. lol, what made you take it apart?

 

the shop told me the valves were bent

 

if a valve is bent, it will not seal, thus no compression. If you have adequate compression across all 4, your problem lies elsewhere.

 

also check to make sure they have it timed correctly.

 

when it was all together the car would try to turn over but just wouldnt do it. could it be the disty or a bad sensor?

 

Here is a slap in the face. How is your main relay

 

I've seen you post about this main relay like 3 times...is it really that faulty?

 

On 10-18 year old Hondas yes, very common

 

Where is it found and how could you check it, my prelude will be 10 next year so I should keep an eye on it, or i might replace it now.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dre2day &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Where is it found and how could you check it, my prelude will be 10 next year so I should keep an eye on it, or i might replace it now.</TD></TR></TABLE>
If its not broke dont fix it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vlang29 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">also check to make sure they have it timed correctly.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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did they check timing before just diagnosing bent valves?

 

were is the main relay and according to them they checked the timing

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsb823 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the shop told me the valves were bent</TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsb823 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> the compression was fine</TD></TR></TABLE>

that right there proves the shop's credibility is

i wouldn't trust them to know if the timing is correct either

 

wait, you said you already removed your head... put it back on and set the timing correctly and go from there