Autopsy of a 2.2S - 1st Discoveries

[KevinG]

Early stages of teardown, and I noticed that the rocker shaft for the #2 Exhaust was going walkabout. The other end was still engaged, so no big deal, but I seem to remember the same thing from the last valve adjust last summer.

Then after the heads came off, you can's really tell from the picture, but the top of the valve is shiny - like wire brushed aluminum - from contact with the piston.

At first I thought the rocker shaft was the cause, but now I think the valve contacting the piston rattled the shaft out of position instead. This picture shows that the exhaust valves from both #1 and #2 were making contact.

A few months after I rebuilt this motor, I was still having trouble getting the MFI dialed in, so I took it to a local shop. The owner mentioned that the cam timing for the left side was off and he had to adjust it before tuning the MFI, so I assumed I had cludged the rebuild work (still a valid assumption) and told him to go ahead. Does this look like it was caused by incorrect valve timing? Even with no valve contact on #3?

Here are the pistons - first #1 which had exhaust valve contact.

And here is #2 which had heavier contact. Note also that the upper edge of the intake valve was also making contact at the top of the photo, although you can't see anything on the valve itself.