1988 supra turbo 124k miles bent valve

rick1988

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Sep 28, 2009
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my car has a loud knock in all rpms but i sounds like a top end knock and i heard of people bending valves. it takes a long time to rev out and it has no power at all. it will barely go 40mph. the timing is good so how could i tell if its either a rod knock or a bent valve? should i do a compression test? what is the average compression for a 7m-gte?
 

dumbo

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Jul 16, 2008
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Valves don't just bend themselfs. If this a stock engine, a valve can't hit the piston. It could just be valve lash way out, but the low power sympton doesn't sounds good:(. Check your codes. Oh and sounds can be hard to trace sometimes, use the redneck sethescopre(wooden handle hammer) and try and locate it.