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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 05:16 PM
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well he said he was driving on the interstate so i guess he had to have beny some because everything is moving so fast.
 
Old Oct 1, 2006 | 06:33 PM
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yeah it should bent the valves. I had that problem with my EClipse GS 95 before I had the engine rebuilt. I was on highway and it dies. I tried cranking it up couple times but didn
t succeed. I got it towed to mechanic and he said the belt was broken and one of the valve bent few degrees and I had the engine rebuilt. It might cost around 500 plus. I had mine rebuilt for free because the mechanic didn't do a good job on changing my timing belt.
 
Old Oct 1, 2006 | 06:39 PM
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well its going to depend if yo do it yourself or have a shop do it because i have done mine before to save a lot of money but if you dont have much mechanical skills, then id take it to a shop and bite the bullet. your going to need a head gasket and new head bolts because both should be replaced when putting a new head on.
 
Old Oct 1, 2006 | 07:30 PM
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how much will it cost to replace head gasket?
 
Old Oct 1, 2006 | 09:16 PM
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well at least the cost of a head gasket, but if you rebuild it youyrself then when you get the head off the head gasket will be easy to do since its right there but ive never had somebody else do my head gasket so i dont know.
 
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 02:24 AM
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thanks for all the advice guys ill update this asap.....
 
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 04:29 AM
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well guys heres another problem my new mechanic was replacing the timing belt and discovered that the cam sprocket was chipped and that is what cause the timing belt to snap well my old mechanic removed the timing belt to change out the water pump a couple of months ago and the new one said that maybe when he was putting the belt back on he prolly broke the cam trying to ply the belt on because cams dont just chip like that so i ordered a new one and i still dont know if any valves are bent or anything else so ill keep yall posted............
 
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 09:23 AM
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So it was the cam gear that was chipped?
 
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 02:54 PM
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yeah, and it cut up the belt....
 
Old Oct 10, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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damn, thats gay, it kinda seems like one of those things a mechanic would notice and charge you extra to fix/replace. i smell something fishy. damn ripoff mechanics
 



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