How can you tell if you have bent valves? NSFW

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04-07-2007, 02:23 PM

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Re: How can you tell if you have bent valves? NSFW

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Originally Posted by ifly87

What did you use to clean you're block/tranny/accesories with? you're engine bay looks real clean.

I used brake cleaner and simplegreen to clean all the oil and grease off of everything then I just took everything off the firewall and innerfenders and painted the bay and the hood with white rustoleum. then engine an accesories I taped off anything that was black or a wire and painted it with ceramic engine paint. I made real sure no oil or dirt was on anything before I painted it. *L* I think I could paint a whole car with rustoleum and no one would know. It took me two weeks.

04-07-2007, 03:30 PM

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Here's my favorite part of the whole thing. This turbo is backwards from regular dsm turbos the intake side is flipfloped so I had to move the alternator up were the power steering used to be the the belt was right in the way on the intake side of the turbo. Fortunatly the guy I bought it from sent a bunch of extra parts he just gave me when I bought the turbo and manifold from him. The piece of charge pipe from I guess the evo works great for my intake it has the perfect bend to it and puts the filter right were the cruisecontrol used to be.
*L* it still has the BOV on it though I'm gonna take it off and plug the hole with something but I haven't got around to it yet.

04-07-2007, 03:34 PM

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Re: How can you tell if you have bent valves? NSFW

remove cam

pour a ligquid into the cylinder head ports

liguid stays in port no bent valves

if its liguid tight its air tight

of course liquid starts pouring out at the seat bent valve

white trash troubleshooting

04-07-2007, 03:48 PM

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Re: How can you tell if you have bent valves? NSFW

You’re a genius

04-07-2007, 05:08 PM

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Re: How can you tell if you have bent valves? NSFW

of course you would have to pull the head but ya that trick never fails learned it from the og honda builder. If you do have bent valves and the seats look staright just get some used valves clean them up lap those botches in and be done with it hmt way and well imo the right way has we all dont have fundage

04-07-2007, 05:12 PM

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Re: How can you tell if you have bent valves? NSFW

Well I have another complete head and a head gasket so it's not that big a deal. But hey thats a great way to junkyard test a head.

04-07-2007, 10:39 PM

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Re: How can you tell if you have bent valves? NSFW

use brake fluid.
and pressurized air from the top of the head (upside down)

04-08-2007, 03:33 AM

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Re: How can you tell if you have bent valves? NSFW

do a leak down test. pressurize your cylinders and if you hear air from the exhaust or intake manifold at TDC you have leakage from your valves or if you pull your radiator cap and hear it from there, its a head gasket.