12-03-2012, 01:50 PM
You won't maul the pistons, if there's that much interia behind it, it'll just snap the cam in two and shove the valves up the head and destroy the valve guides - i.e. worst case scenario, you need a new head... It's only if you drop a valve and then it carries on running that you'll destroy the pistons...
But at least you can have it apart, and check the condition, absolute 100% worst case, you need a new engine, which can be picked up for sub £70 if you can change it over - if you can change a head gasket, you can change an engine, IMO it's more of a bastard changing the HG in the car than the engine!
But at least you can have it apart, and check the condition, absolute 100% worst case, you need a new engine, which can be picked up for sub £70 if you can change it over - if you can change a head gasket, you can change an engine, IMO it's more of a bastard changing the HG in the car than the engine!
