NO BENT VTEC VALVES!

For those that have followed my story of my vtec's broken timing belt, my
head guy told me today that the heads look great!

 

You do get lucky on ocassion. I know of someone with a Nissan Sentra that
also got lucky. The belt snapped and there was no head damage. We replaced
the belt and the car ran fine afterwards.

 

That must have been an 80s Sentra because Sentras have been using timing
chains since (I think) the early 90s.

Similarly, my brother got lucky with his '95 Ford Escort. The mechanic told
him there was no damage done because the car was idling (while stopped at a
red light) when it broke.

 

Here is a web site with a list of interference engines.
http://autorepair.about.com/cs/doityourself/a/bl_timing_belt_.htm

 

Yeah I used to have an `89 Sentra and it had the timing chain. I could tell
that it was time for another when I heard metal to metal clashing because
of eccessive slack in the chain (or a bad tensioner).

Anyhow...I picked up the head on my vtec this morning and it cost me 270.00
to have the valves/valves seats grinded...and all the other typical stuff.
One things for sure - there's nothing cheap when it comes to parts for that
car (92 Integra GSR).