[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by CrazyPhuD

People who say....I don't know until I break the engine down are probably ripping you off. Why? Because for valve to piston contact they should be able to pull the spark plugs and drop a flexible scope down to look inside the cylinders. They can see if the cylinders are trashed.

The chain actually broke or he dropped a valve it's really not repairable or at least it would cost more than a salvage motor and be less reliable. Even it idle it still revs enough to smoke the motor. The only exception would be if it's not actually broken but the timing is off and the valves have just been bent. That *might* be repairable...but even then it's no sure thing there may be more subtle damage to the valve seats/pistons etc that can crop up later.

fair enough