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Originally Posted by LanceGT4
How about pulling the flywheel and rear seal and checking for slack in the timing chains?
if a valve is broken or bent wouldn't that stop it from turning over?
Good luck to you
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Put a boroscope down the spark plug holes -- look for valve strikes.
Many times a bent valve is cleared by the piston and no longer interferes if
otherwise in time.
Pull the oil scavenge pump covers and check that the camshafts are indeed in proper time.
It is possible that despite the loss of the bolt -- the tube still spins fine and
has remained in time.
If that is the case -- buy a lotto ticket to pay for your IMS retrofit -- which will be harder due to not having a bolt to yank on -- but there are bearing pullers that you
can use -- or you can *gasp* -- cut it out.
Mike