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I just thought about this. On these engines, the piston has small chamber in the top. That means the valve hits squarely on the piston, unlike the NHC. Most of the time in engines that have this type of piston, the valves don't bend, just the push tubes, that's the weak link built into the...

:ditto: Unless you have money to just spend aimlessly. Find out what happend. These are made to be repaired in chassis.

Oh yeah, if the cam broke at the nose, replace the damper.

The valves won't be opening or closing 'cause the cam isn't moving. Easy way to tell if the valves are FUBAR is to take the rockers off, pull the injectors and put air in the cylinders with a rubber tipped blow gun. A cylinder that has everything in tact will turn the engine over with the air...

How will the crank be hurt? If you reuse a valve that has been smacked with a piston, it CAN break the head off. When that happens, the rod could bend, then break, and worst case, you'll be re blocking or swinging an engine 'cause the block vents itself.