Lude Generation

If you've filled the cylinders with rope to hold the valves up, it is *possible* that you've bent the valves - if there is too much rope on top of the piston, as you wind the piston up it could contact the valves too soon (before they've fully closed). And that could bend them. Did you do a compres...

You say you did stem seals with head on, I recently did the same, I know how fiddley those collets can be maybe check that one hasn’t become dislodged and fallen out.. The collets are fiddly little suckers. I ended up making a little plastic funnel to slide them on top of the valve retainers, then ...

Thanks. Wish me luck. I'll report back

Hi Scott560 Many thanks. OK, I've had the car nearly ten years. It did drive great, smooth, with plenty of power. I was driving home a few weeks ago and the engine died without warning. Got it recovered, checked it out and the timing belt had snapped (7 years old, so probably fair enough). I killed ...

I'm pulling my air out with this, so if anyone can help I'd really appreciate it. Currently I have barely any compression in any cylinder, it's like 20psi across the board. But I did have 130psi across all 4 cylinders. Here's the deal: Timing belt snapped. Now it snapped out of vtec, and as people h...

And I was just about to order an engine. Thank you @Vtecmec. I'll put a new belt on and see how it goes. I'll compression test it after.
I'll report back in a few days

So the timing belt has snapped. Sad times. And today I've gone to take a look at the damage. Can't see any. If anyone was to ask me what's the chance of no damage if the timing belt snapped I would say 0%. I've had a borescope in each cylinder and the tops of the pistons look fine. No dents, chips, ...

Anyone got a H22 engine for sale? A5, A7, A8, A not too fussy, just want to get the lude running again as my engine has gone pop.
Thanks

Thanks for the responses. I'm going to get mine cleaned and flow pattern tested. Somethings off and the car is too rich, so I'm going to make a few changes while I diagnose the issue. Since my original post I've watched some videos on chinese injectors and they seem to be trash, so I'll definitely a...

I'm wanting to get my injectors cleaned as part of a plan to improve emissions and generally make the car run better. I've noticed that it's less expensive to buy new chinese injectors than it is to get my injectors cleaned. It's half the price. Does anyone have any experience with cheaper aftermark...