Reply to "Pantera #4033 - the Banzai Runner swallows the carb stud..."

Unfortunately, I couldn't quite get my iPhone into the port to provide a better view of the backside of the valves, but none of them looked visibly bent and they all looked undamaged with no witness marks when I climbed into the engine compartment and put my eye up to each port with a flashlight.

I thought it was interesting how much oily carbon there was on each valve stem, and one valve looks like it has a puddle of oil sitting on top of it - hmmm.

And the #8 cylinder port showed a couple of shiny dots/spots in the inside wall of the port which leads me to believe the stud might have gone down this hole and banged around the inside of the port before being sucked into the cylinder.

I sent a message to some fellow club members to see if anyone has a borescope so I can get a look-see through the spark plug hole. If no one has one, I might just pick one up at Harbor Freight - now where's that 20% off coupon I had from last Sunday's paper?!

This is really frustrating! And looking like it might be expensive.