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Old 09-13-2007, 01:06 PM
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Re: Engine shakes at idle

That sounds like it clipped a valve...if it can overcome the compression loss as the revs climb and will smooth out, unlike a totally dead hole that you feel at any speed.

Gates timing belt application guide shows 1992 SOHC 2.2 as an interference motor.

Start shopping for a rebuilt head, sorry. I'd say it's on them, sounds like they rotated the crank without bringing the valves out of the way or had the cam timing a few teeth off and started it....bent a valve...
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