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> Foreign object inside cylinder, Worse than a chopstick
TheCabinetmaker
post Feb 16 2005, 07:20 PM
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A friend bought a 75 1.8L last summer and has been driving it daily since then. A month ago his motor developed a very loud knock. I said valve seat, but i was wrong. Here's what we found at teardown.



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DJsRepS
post Mar 8 2005, 06:19 AM
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I still remember the plastic chop stik in the cyl trick. I dropped a valve drove it home after it bent and jammed in the guide did min dammage. Tough motors.
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