ok so here it is, i have a 93 accord with the f22a motor in it. I was getting oil in my spark plugs and decided to replace the lower tube seals. I replaced everything the car started and ran fine for a few minutes then it started making loud clanking noises coming from the cylinder head. i turned the car off right away took the valve cover off and manually cranked it. when i did that i noticed the number 3 and 4 cylinder rocker arms popped up from the exhaust side so thats where the noise was coming from. Now my question is do i have bent valves? i noticed that the valve stem doesnt exactly sit on the center of the rocker arm. Any help would b appreciated!!!!!

 

Sounds like you probably bent a couple valves. The tips of the valve stem should be lined up.

Can you post up some pictures?

 

I'm on my phone let me know if u can see it

 

That looks out of alignment. However, it could be that it's out of adjustment.

When you adjusted the valve clearances after re-installing the rockers. What specs did you set the clearances to?

Next step would be to find someone with the gear to do a leak down test and see if that valve is passing.

 

exhaust valves .012 intake valves .010 the #1 and #2 cylinders look good 3 and 4 on the exhaust side are the ones making the loud popping noise coming up the picture is from the #4 cylinder

 

should i even bother trying to adjust it further or is it time to rebuild the valvetrain?

 

You could try adjusting it again. I would also do a leak down as well before you start tearing the head off to do a rebuild.

 

ok cool i'll do that thanks

 

Ok so I went back n redid all the adjustments and everything checks out good, but what I did notice was that it seems like the valves are sticking closed then popping up open any idea y that could b???