Some of you may remember me... About a year ago, I put new rings in me 01 Prizm - thankfully, it still doesn't use oil (about 12k later). It's been using a lot more valves lately, though - I just spent $1k replacing all 16. That was just the head shop's bill :/ (granted it was in canadian $) It seems to be running okay now, there was no interference (the carbon on the pistons wasn't even scuffed). All my ECU codes have cleared up now, except I still have P1346/P1349. I'm looking for thoughts on whether I should go ahead and chuck $70 on a camshaft position sensor, or if I'm better off doing the VVT oil control valve. The thing is, I damaged the valve (cracked it a little). Apparently there's a TSB on this issue - but I don't have a clue where to find the TSBs (without paying for them).
The second thing I'm wondering is, does anyone have a parts motor I could buy these pieces off of?
Those of you who are curious: all 16 valves were bent to varying degrees, one had a fair sized chunk out of it (intake valve). The seats and guides were fine, the shop replaced the valves and seals. If anyone wants to see the valves, I could snap some pictures. Maybe sell some souveniours? lol.