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engine locked up. please help asap

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sr22tsi

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Dec 15, 2004
mooresville, North Carolina
ok...this is kind of a long story. first, i bent two valves...i got a valve job and i put in two new valves and put the head back on. At the same time, i pulled off the front case and replaced it along with pullin out both balnce shafts and puttin in the eliminator kit. i put everything bak together, borrowed a friends bat( car was down for a couple months). pulled out the plug wires to prime the motor( i only had 3 1/2 quarts), put em bak in and started it right up. well it only ran for a few seconds and then stopped. i tried to start it again and my cams wouldnt turn but my crank would. the t-belt stayed in place. the cams stopped moving and stayed at tdc( not sure how that happenned) but figured i over tourqed the cam bearing caps. so i loosened em and re tourqed em to 15. when i went to put the bottom end at tdc( with a wrench)..my crank would only move a lil bit. i need help bad :( . and i need transportation so if i can't get this thing workin soon, i'm probly ganna jus get a 240( ive been wantin a car to drift wit for a few years now)
 
SR22TSI - "tried to start it again and my cams wouldnt turn but my crank would. the t-belt stayed in place. the cams stopped moving and stayed at tdc( not sure how that happenned)"

It's not "locked up" - You didn't set the Timing Belt Tension correctly & it jumped time & bent Valves again - I GUARANTEE you got more than 2 Valves this time...
 
i guess i'll have to rip the head off again. porbly won't b done till nex weekend though. i was afraid that it bent more valves being that the crank moved and the valves didn't. :notgood:
 
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