Okay, so I had a little valve train noise so I pulled the upper intake and valve covers to investigate. Only problem is that I neglected to remove a couple washers off the upper intake and they "disappeared"! I Found one but not the other..thought I heard it clink down the long tubes but I’m not sure. Could it have gone down the intake manifold?!?!? I hope not, I really didn‘t think so. I reached down the lower intake with a magnet and couldn’t find anything.
I assumed that everything was fine. When I went to manually turning the engine, I discovered that I could only turn it from the point before cylinder 1 hit TDC and then backward (dizzy clockwise) till just before 6 hit TDC (which would actually be AFTER it hit TDC in the power stroke since I was working backward). I tried reaching in the spark plug ports with wire and magnets but I wasn’t able to find any sign of a washer in any of the cylinders. My thoughts were that the main ones would be 1 and 6 since that is where the sticking was. After a bit of fishing, all of a sudden everything worked fine, no sticking. I’d like to think it was a fluke but the sticking points were very solid…my only guess is that the washer fell in and was sideways in the cylinder and then fell over flat so that the engine could turn….but again and again I tried raising the cylinder and reaching in the spark port with wire and magnets and couldn’t find anything. I would think if the washer was in there it would fall b/c of gravity but no sign.
I really don’t want to have to pull the lower intake and heads cause its so much work but I don’t want my engine to blow apart either. What should I do? Are there any options I’m missing?
I assumed that everything was fine. When I went to manually turning the engine, I discovered that I could only turn it from the point before cylinder 1 hit TDC and then backward (dizzy clockwise) till just before 6 hit TDC (which would actually be AFTER it hit TDC in the power stroke since I was working backward). I tried reaching in the spark plug ports with wire and magnets but I wasn’t able to find any sign of a washer in any of the cylinders. My thoughts were that the main ones would be 1 and 6 since that is where the sticking was. After a bit of fishing, all of a sudden everything worked fine, no sticking. I’d like to think it was a fluke but the sticking points were very solid…my only guess is that the washer fell in and was sideways in the cylinder and then fell over flat so that the engine could turn….but again and again I tried raising the cylinder and reaching in the spark port with wire and magnets and couldn’t find anything. I would think if the washer was in there it would fall b/c of gravity but no sign.
I really don’t want to have to pull the lower intake and heads cause its so much work but I don’t want my engine to blow apart either. What should I do? Are there any options I’m missing?