Bent Valves?

[Rusted_PS13]

Well, I bought my 240 a few months back. The owner said it was bent valves but i don't think he was sure. What are the symptoms of this? And how can i tell? If it is bent valves what will it cost me to fix?

[Dmnitsadean]

meah too...help me understand this sitatution...but when I went to go check how much a valve job cost about, my friend says bout 80 bucks but dunt know exactly wat a valve job is, my friends told me it was juss an alighnment but watever I juss need to rebuild my last valve or something thats what da original owner said well I need help on this too....whats your situation...well dats if you know? wat do you feel rights now wen you drive your car?....DeAn

[TheOne]

do compression check, if you hear air comin out of the valves then yeah you have bent valves, and if thats it then you better hope the head itself isn't damaged or the block(or pistons)

[Nismo_Freak]

meah too...help me understand this sitatution...but when I went to go check how much a valve job cost about, my friend says bout 80 bucks but dunt know exactly wat a valve job is, my friends told me it was juss an alighnment but watever I juss need to rebuild my last valve or something thats what da original owner said well I need help on this too....whats your situation...well dats if you know? wat do you feel rights now wen you drive your car?....DeAn

Your friend is talking about a simple valve adjustment for a hydraulic valvetrain similar to a Honda.

KA24DE's have mechanical setups. You have to re-shim the head in order to adjust the lash.

A real valve job would cost a good amount of money to do; as it requires a number of manhours to complete disassembly and reassembly plus machining of the head components themselves.

If you had bent valves your car wouldn't idle or run smooth at all. The only way for a KA to have bent valves is if it floated a valve or the timing chain jumped. Which case the engine would barely run if the timing was off that much.

Please type out messages like you care... nothing annoys me more than someone who shortens words (dat, u, mah, etc.) and doesn't take the time to properly spell the word. It's an expression of your character, and I personally don't want to sound like an uneducated, illiterate ghetto punk.

[Rusted_PS13]

Well, my car doesn't start at all. I don't think it even turns over when i try to start it. Some tells me it's maybe the timing chain

[Nismo_Freak]

Well, my car doesn't start at all. I don't think it even turns over when i try to start it. Some tells me it's maybe the timing chain

Yeah you need a new motor.

[Veriest1]

Quote »Yeah you need a new motor. [/quote]Well, did it start when you bought it?

Is your battery charged? Do you get funky grinding noises coming from your starter and nothing else?

[Rusted_PS13]

it didn't start when i bought it, the battery is good, and all i hear when i crank it is the starter

[Rusted_PS13]

Well the previous owner did tell me the timing jumped , thus causing the bent valves...

[180fan]

cheaper to buy a new used motor

[Veriest1]

Or just a used valvetrain and a new timing chain setup. KA top ends pop up in the classifieds every so often on here and they tend to be a little cheaper than an entire motor but not by a whole lot. If I remember correctly I've seen them around 200-250. That's with the head.

If the timing chain jumped then, yeah, you most likely have a bent valve.

[s14 2510's]

I have a rebuilt ka24de head with cams that I dont need. Make me an offer to [email protected] Dont flame me, I'm just trying to help him out.