What needs to be done to repair a dropped valve

Tiny
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What needs to be done to repair a dropped valve
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 AT 7:18 PM

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I'm not sure what you actually have there but the definition of a dropped valve is a valve where the locking retainers have come off causing the valve to fall into the cylinder and if the engine is running when this happens the valve will collide with the piston and destroy the whole engine.
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 AT 7:39 PM

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