are the valves in my accord bent?

Question

The timing belt in my 93 honda accord went out going about 45mph,i then paid someone 150 dollars to put in the new timing belt and it began to shake and he told me that the valves were bent.....i went to a local mechanic and he told me that the valves in honda accords dont bend...is this true?and how much is an average cost to repair the valves and pay someone to do all this?can i do it myself?

Answer 1

OK the valves int eh honda when the timing belt goes will impact the top of the cylinder. Now wether this bends them or not isn't the issue what is the issue is that there is damage to what is called the top end of the engine. A new head, is your best bet. As long as it didn't crack a piston when the valve hit the piston.

If you are mechanically able I would go get a used head from a junkyard. go to a shop and have it checked for cracks etc. and have the valves checked. Not necessarily a valve job done unless it needs it.
Put that on and that should fix your shaking issue. This is the route I have taken on numerous engines.

Answer 2

hey, the same thing happened to my car

ok, you can fix it but it will take you a lot of time

first, you will need to remove all the components such as alternator, exhaust headers , intake and head cover

since you paid to get the belt put on, go ahead and mark it with a white out pen so you know where each tick mark goes and you dont have to pay again

now you will need a deep 14 inch socket and a torque wrench ( can be borrowed from autozone )

now remove the 14 bolts carefully and lift the head straight up

now that you have the head out, it is a good time to replace the head gasket as well

take the head to a local machine shop and have it rectified

now in a closed area remove the valves and valve covers and put in new ones

then its just a matter of putting everything back together

I wish I could help you cuz I know it sucks when this happens

But go ahead and buy the Chilton book at your local Autozone and it has step by step instructions

I took me about a week the first time I did this, and i was just a novice trying to avoid big charges :)

Answer 3

Cooks has it right. Just get a compression test first. If your compression is abnormally low for a car of your age, then you can assume in your case that you have bent valves.

Bending them isn't hard - I did it in a '93 Mitsu Eclipse. I missed a gear change and over-revved the engine a little. That's all it took.

Answer 4

you have head damage, which means you have bent the valves.
you will need to get head work done which will probably require
replacing the head. that is about a $1500. repair (could be cheaper depending on where you go). it's too big of a job to do yourself-unless you're mechanically inclined.