hi everyone hope some person with a bit more knowlege than myself. the prob i have is on a escort cvh pte sefi engine (yes i know old cvh p plate .

well the head gasket went 6 days after spending over £200 to get it through m o t wife`s idea not mine ,anyway i got off lightly i think just 2 beent ex valves ,well i put the in ground them cleaned all the head up set timing pointer on the dot ,put springs and caps on torqued it to 20 psi valve pushed valve well down so they would hit the pistons . i thought that it maybe that its on the bench with hardley any oil in the tappets any help please no rush still awaiting parts .thanks martp11

Not really too sure what the question is? Did the valves get bent when the head gasket went? If the cam belt had failed then I can understand bent valves.

I bent a couple of valves when the Cam belt broke on my old XR3, no piston damage. (I was only doing 20mph in 3rd at the time) I removed the head, changed the valves and the engine went on to do another 40K.

If the head gasket has gone, I would get the head checked to make sure its not warped. Don't forget to use new bolts.

If you can post with a little more info then maybe myself or somebody else can provide additional help.