Turbo2g
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- Oct 13, 2017
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Fallbrook,
California
Out of no where I started the car and heard a terrible knocking noise. Turned off right away, to avoid further damage. Grabbed a friend to crank while I listened under the hood. After checking a few things, started again and got a lot of banging around in the top of the engine. Then it became a crank no start. I'm almost certain it jumped timing and valves hit pistons. Sounds like it may have broken off rocker(s) from what I heard bouncing around.
Looking for advice on the best way to go about this. I have to re-time the engine in order to get a compression check. At which point I may find the head needs to come off anyway. The timing process would be a waste of time if that's the case. Should I pull the valve cover first? If I find damaged components, is it worth replacing them, timing the engine, and compression checking? Or is it a definite thing that the valves are destroyed too. I don't want to be throwing parts and work at it only to tear it back down.
Here's what I think happened. On the ground where it is currently parked, there are a bunch of nuts from a tree. My car never had upper timing covers when I got to it. A rodent may have decided to store its stash down in the lower timing cover area. Hench why a perfectly fine running daily with no signs of issues suddenly went boom.
Looking for advice on the best way to go about this. I have to re-time the engine in order to get a compression check. At which point I may find the head needs to come off anyway. The timing process would be a waste of time if that's the case. Should I pull the valve cover first? If I find damaged components, is it worth replacing them, timing the engine, and compression checking? Or is it a definite thing that the valves are destroyed too. I don't want to be throwing parts and work at it only to tear it back down.
Here's what I think happened. On the ground where it is currently parked, there are a bunch of nuts from a tree. My car never had upper timing covers when I got to it. A rodent may have decided to store its stash down in the lower timing cover area. Hench why a perfectly fine running daily with no signs of issues suddenly went boom.
