</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by NastyC5:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Visceral:
<strong>Hrm... it maaaay not be 100$ valvetrain.

</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Even after seeing the compression test results you think it may not be bent valves?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I dont know where that 100$ stuff I wrote came from. I guess Im not very good at doing 2 things at the same time 8-| . But back to your question; I have almost no doubt the valves are bent :-/ It sounds like it could be bad enough to have bent a few other things too :-/ Especially if you are finding metal bits in the oil/pan/dipstick.

\chrisn

 

What type of gauge do you recommend to check piston travel? We're gonna pull the heads off first and go from there.