Originally Posted by typer483
I was racing around last week and now my car is running like shit. I've never had problems until now. The car idles bad and sounds tickety like a truck. I changed the air filter,plugs,wires, cap and rotor. It runs a little smoother but still really bad. It stalls out sometime sitting at idle. Do you think I have a bent valve or something worse? Also, When I do a compression test what #s should I expect to see?
Thanks Agent Smith :twisted:
Sounds like you bent a valve. Did you misshift into a lower gear by accident?
you can do a compresson test but lower numbers in one cylinder could mean a number of different problems. As for what numbers to expect, one can not say. Test it.