Bent pushrod or valve?
02-22-2006, 08:17 AM
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you guys keep tellin this kid it could be a bent valve or pushrod but you are missing something..."A PROBLEM". he merely did a 3rd to 2nd shift and had no problems...no check engine light...no rough idle...nothing. i would leave it alone, if theres no problem, than dont worry about it.
02-22-2006, 01:06 PM
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well a few GM techs have told him what to do, he's been to a specialty shop, and he's still worried. i don't know what more to tell him. and there is almost a 1 in a million chance that a gen III PCM wouldn't detect a missfire on a dead hole, which the hole would be if either valve was bent, due to not being able to build compression.
02-23-2006, 12:17 AM
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No I'm not that worried about it anymore. The GM guys told me I should be good. I was just saying that I had been paranoid about it cuz I hadn't ever done that in my car, so I was worried about really messing something up. If I start to notice a rough idle or anything I will run a compression test, but I think I got lucky with not even really bending the pushrods. Thanks everyone.
02-23-2006, 05:39 AM
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Yeah, I was confused with this thread as well. My car idles rought and PCM was flashing an SES code (I'm assuming a misfire). I'm going to go order some Comp pushrods today after work. I figure I might as well have them anyways. If I bent some pushrods, it'll fix that problem. If I bent some valves (which I'm assuming is the case...will check out today after work with compression/leak tests), then I need to might as well replace the pushrods anyways when I put new heads on it.
02-23-2006, 02:36 PM
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Lucas I pretty sorry that I assumed u have a bent valve I thought u had a rough Idle. wish u a good luck .and as u mentioned , if u expereince any rough idle or a ses light do compression\leak down test.
02-23-2006, 05:12 PM
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Hey, no need to be sorry bro. I don't know if I ever told you it was idling fine, so I appreciate you trying to help me out. I'm going to pay close attention to it, and I might do a compression test anyways sometime to see. But it was really nice today so I took it out and drove for a bit. Drove great, idled normal, no codes, good power...so I'm really happy with that. Thanks for the help!
02-24-2006, 02:11 AM
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I HAVE BENT PUSHRODS TO WERE THEY ALMOST MAKE AN "L" AND NEVER THREW A CODE AND DIDNT MISS. aLL IT WAS DOING IS TAPPING REAL HARD WHEN I REVVED IT. NO TAPPING AT IDLE. I PUT SOME HARDEND TSP ONES IN AND MISSED A 2-3 SHIFT TWICE IN ONE NIGHT DUE TO A CRAPPY STOCK-98 MASTER CYLINDER AND I THINK I BENT VALVES NOW BC ITS KNOCKIN AGAIN AND ISNT THROWN A CODE. JUST BC IT ISNT THROWIN A CODE DOESNT MEAN NOTHINGS WRONG...JUST MY .02
