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Hi guys

Just a general question, when they are saying you droppend valve what exactly does it mean, does it mean you over revv and the valve drops from the head to the piston and comes completly out of the head

If a valve drop or a valve gets bend by cambelt broke, will the motor not turn over

Is the HM 1.6 caddy carb engine a non interverence motor

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Dropping a valve doesnt necessarily means over revving , it's one of the reasons but yes , the valve drops from the head onto the piston/into the bore. - This is disastrous whether the motor is a non interference design or not.

however on a non inference motor , valves are safe if the cambelt breaks - even if there's a valve stuck open - as long as it doesn't drop.
(the piston and valve will never meet each other even if the valve is open aka non inference motor)

Motor will not turn over if there is anything in the path of the pistons - Like the saying that goes " the motor skoped vas"
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Because my enjine does not start and the starter motor does not turn the motor but the engine does turn by hard
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caddy club wrote: Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:03 am Because my enjine does not start and the starter motor does not turn the motor but the engine does turn by hard
Its probably your starter or battery then. If you dropped a valve it wouldnt turn by hand.
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Damn this is good news,,,i will let you know
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:lol: phew!
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Urgent help guys

The motor turn but do not start at all, all engine oil came out of the oil filter and this is strange, car did not run without oil

Oil was checked before tuning the engine, i hpe its not conrod that broke or something simaliar
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spark & fuel?

Turning by hand is somewhat good news ,You should do a Compression test , It that checks out , drain oil , remove sump and have a look
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have you just recently purchased this vehicle?
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No i’ve been driving this caddy for long now,,so if turns by hand it means no conrod or valve damange hence its turning,,,compression test not done yet but what bothers my how did the oil filter came loose and all oil coming out there,,,when i looked at the oil filter it was loose with the oil filter seal sticking out on the one side :eek:

Once again thanks for the help,,, just hope its not major
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Often happens when you fit a double seal at a service. So pull the filter off and look at it carefully.

BUT BUT BUT
ALSO here is the fun kicker. If your oil pump pressure release valve has failed this happens. It makes so much pressure that it forces oil past the seal - this also pumps up the lifters so much that the valves are left standing open so won't run. I have had that twice in my life before - Change the oil pump in that case.
It will crank like it has no compression - soo just huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh from the starter motor - not chi chi chi chi .
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caddy club wrote: Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:54 am No i’ve been driving this caddy for long now,,so if turns by hand it means no conrod or valve damange hence its turning,,,compression test not done yet but what bothers my how did the oil filter came loose and all oil coming out there,,,when i looked at the oil filter it was loose with the oil filter seal sticking out on the one side :eek:
How much oil is left in the sump? You musnt over tighten oil filters or they bulge the seal and that will loosen off the filter.
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panic-mechanic wrote: Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:02 am Often happens when you fit a double seal at a service. So pull the filter off and look at it carefully.

BUT BUT BUT
ALSO here is the fun kicker. If your oil pump pressure release valve has failed this happens. It makes so much pressure that it forces oil past the seal - this also pumps up the lifters so much that the valves are left standing open so won't run. I have had that twice in my life before - Change the oil pump in that case.
Ive also seen this with someone that tried to use oil thickner to reduce a bearing noise and blew the oil out the top of the filter. Wasnt very pretty
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Car was running fine and all of the sudden this happens
@ at panic this is exactly what she is doing, just turning the motor like there is no compression
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Dont think filter was overtigten, luckly i didnt run like this on the road it was a matter of just starting and she died and oil coming out
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change the oil pump.
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Thanks for all the help guys

Any suggestions where to buy and at what iam i looking at price wise, the one that i have in now is febi

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Thanks for all the help guys car is running again it was the oil pump :hug:
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Hi guys

Besides that my caddy is running now there is a bearing knock so yes i have engine damage, so crank needs to come out sometime
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Oil related issues normally result in engine rebuild, not nice. Good luck with the motor rebuild.
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Some are lucky to catch oil issues before further damages, others not. All the best with the rebuild
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Morning guys

I know it is not advisible to drive like this but will it cause more damange if i drive it temporarly until i can fix, i will also need you’ll help with the rebuild
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not advisable. I will send you a private message.
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Not advisable , if you insist , if it's already loud then you don't have much time , If it's soft, you can drive it till it's louder.

Worst case , the rod will let go and destroy block.

As it stand now , Hopefully all you need is a new set of bearing's , If you keep driving it , you'll damaged the entire bottom.
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I wouldn’t drive it with a knock even a soft knock. This will cause damage to the crank and then you have to strip the whole bottom end and rebuild.

You might be lucky that you only need new bearings now with the soft knocking. When you replace bearings, measure for oval journals and check for grooves or scoring marks on journals. Any of above and rather do a full bottom end rebuild now to save you having more or bigger issues later on.
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