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Nearly Cried,sydney Help,please.......rb20det

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just 2 days driving,car stopped on the road,got mechnaic checked, orginally thought it's timing belt but when opened the cover,found one bolt was break apart as a result 4 valves were crashed inside. just 2 days!!!!! purely cash was handed over to purchase the car, how do you people feel if you were me? ......

mechnaic couldn't find a place to buy head gasket and valves, so i drop a hope here wish sydney's people could give me hand, it's a rb20det, im living in western sub, can anybody give me some suggestion to find cheap stuff around? would so appreciate,thanks very much!!

drop a advice or send me a email to [email protected]

thanks people. :)

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Have you had a good look at it, sounds strange to only lose 4 valves there might be more damage, and possibly to the piston they hit as well.

On the bright side, entire rb20s are cheap if you need lots of bits. Justjap have r32 gtst front cut on their website for 2,200, engine would be cheaper again. Or ring the other wreckers like SSS.

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just 2 days driving,car stopped on the road,got mechnaic checked, orginally thought it's timing belt but when opened the cover,found one bolt was break apart as a result 4 valves were crashed inside. just 2 days!!!!! purely cash was handed over to purchase the car, how do you people feel if you were me? ......

mechnaic couldn't find a place to buy head gasket and valves, so i drop a hope here wish sydney's people could give me hand, it's a rb20det, im living in western sub, can anybody give me some suggestion to find cheap stuff around? would so appreciate,thanks very much!!

drop a advice or send me a email to [email protected]

thanks people. ;)

that's not TOO bad.. rb20's aren't expensive ;o

mate bought a gtr to have the turbos die a day later, got them replaced within another 2-3days then got it on the dyno for a tune and spun a bearing.

rb26 builds = shiteload.

so yea, u're not alone so dont feel tooo bad about it. lots of lemon skylines going around. ;o

vcool Rising Star

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thanks very much,i will try to get everything out and see if more damage has done,if y,then gonna change the whole thing.thanks for the advice,people/ :D

any good wreckers around sydney area?? thanks.

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f**k!

there isnt much more to state other than the obvious.. you snapped 2 valves and they stayed around to play. i wouldnt be suprised if your bores are scratched.. hopefully they'd only need a light hone.

the problem is mainlyl in the head. you'd want to replace all of those valves. you might get away with just replacing those 4 but you'll have no guarantees that the same thing wont happen again. get the head serviced too.

while you've got it all apart you might as well do bearings and rings.

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