So, last time I let a friend work on my car - how bad of shape am I in?

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

this is why i only let my dad work on my car. never had an issue //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif then again i have only had to replace the belt on my car @ 110k miles and get new brake pads like twice //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[93dakota 10+ year member]

IF you didn't hear any thing out of the ordinary when you tried to crank it you may be fine. like coma said just get the engine back in time and if you can get your hand on a borascope to look in to the cylinders to see if the valves are ok then you may be fine. if it is an interference engine then you may have bend valves as well as damaged pistons, which depending on what year the car is and condition of the car then it may be cheaper to just get another car.

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

oh sorry then fellas....i only fvck with v8s... Never mess with the ricers... ANd its funny if yall are calling me a dumbass seeing how i can build engines from the crank up

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

so u fix this?

 

[plugitin 5,000+ posts]

yeah, your screwed...just looked it up and im 99 percent sure its interference. Pistons hit the valves and bent them most likely. Bent valves means the cylinder will not hold compression properly and therefore not work right. Time the bad boy right, then try to start it i guess. You might even get lucky...

 

[jon_k 10+ year member]

A bent valve involves what exactly?

Top half engine rebuild. Take valve covers off, inspect valves, replace if needed. Might have piston damage though.

 

[I Like Waffle]

Dumbass shouldve known to mark the cam and belt if he didnt see any marks existing. This is why 4 cylinders/new cars fail, remove the engine mount AND timing belt to change the water pump? Wtf?