Endoscopic inspection camera - checking for bent valves with cylinder head on.

Looking at bent valves without removing a cylinder head. with a camera capable of looking both down the cylinder bore and also with a mirrored attachment look to the valves in the top of the cylinder. Multi uses for this type of scope and the can be found much cheaper than the snap on variety.

[@josephkostinko739]

I wanted to check my valves for build up and was wondering about cameras. Thanks. Now, how to find cheapest that will do the job?

[@slybunda]

what caused the belt to strip teeth?

[@HarleyFXS]

I did a Honda CRX that stripped a timing belt at Idle, bent a bunch of valves. I put them all in the lathe and beat them straight as I could get and re-seated them. But 2 of the valve guides did crack when they bent over, I didn't change them. This endoscope would have been nice to have back then. This was back in 1994 when I did this Honda CRX.

[@sskkuuddrraa]

you made bent valves straight? WHY? WHY didn't you buy new ones?

[@tenderk6151]

what is the angle of the mirror - how many degrees of mirror you need ?

[@jazzysmith2430]

The view at 1:50 was the valve bent because it was opened or no only asking cuz I gotta a botescope cam and I'm trying to see if I bent my valves that's how it looked on my Tiburon

[@rvd64]

10 years later. I bought my 7” screen 3 camera bore scope. Price $82. 1920 x 1080p all cameras video recording and photo.

[@Peppermint1]

Don't loose that little mirror inside..

[@trailerfitter2]

I shudder at the thought.

[@mjallenuk]

Those are a lot better than the early models .... So ... what happened to the engine... stripped or tipped?

[@mjallenuk]

Often the case that its 'your' fault ... It was barely broken when they unloaded it from that wagon... I barely drove 50 miles after the warning lights started flashing!

[@vorkev1]

very expensive compared to a USB Waterproof Endoscope and a $200 alptop

[@MrAdrigo]

$400 F*** that buy me a cheap endoscope & plug it to my 10" Tablet & there you go.....

[@trailerfitter2]

Of course. There are plenty of cheap ones around these days. I'd rather keep the phone or tablet away from oily engine parts.

[@sskkuuddrraa]

@@trailerfitter2 Dude, now you speak like office guy :D

[@9ckr716]

@@sskkuuddrraa lol dwight

[@SDV357]

Отличная работа!

[@trailerfitter2]

спасибо

[@josepeixoto3384]

problem is ,the pics look like they're from a Motorola flip phone; oh,wait.... that was 2013

[@trailerfitter2]

Yup, almost a whole lifetime ago 👍

[@josepeixoto3384]

@@trailerfitter2 yeah... also, the usual way you check for a bent valve, with solid lifters, is to check the clearances, after a low compression result »»» a bent valve has a lot of clearance.

[@mjallenuk]

Can't say I'm surprised... plenty of them about anyway....

[@jordanmcmaster6073]

Snapon Leakdown tester is much quicker and easier to diagnose these faults

[@buddhudd1054]

It has to be Snap-on of course , not just a homemade leak down tester!!! FFS

[@trailerfitter2]

Budd Hudd Laser tools do a leak down tester that we will be showing soon.

[@buddhudd1054]

I made my own. works a treat,cost about €30.00

[@douglasalan7786]

+Jordan Mcmaster Maybe quicker and surely cheaper but this can actually be SHOWN to the idiot customer to assure a problem which will end up costing them $$$$. The numbers on a leakdown or compression test mean nothing to them. Picture of good valve in the cylinder. Picture their bent valve. So easy even 20% of uh merricanz can understand it !.....OK 15%

[@moniqueescobedo3418]

IR scanner

[@freemanfornow264]

My $15 Amazon gets just as good a pic lol

[@robotmad]

Tenner on ebay

[@donnykiofetzis5775]

snapon they have the worst warranty

[@Yaroslav_Tselovanskyi]

Don't buy cheap cameras, they have very poor quality, they have very far and shallow focus distance, they overheat, and don't work well when there are a lot of shiny surfaces that reflect the probe light, they have very small field of view. You'll waste your money if you go with a cheap one. I learned the hard way, on my mistakes.

[@josepeixoto3384]

yeap,i concur.

[@NutsandGuts]

This is stupid. Just check compression pressure with gauge.

[@mjallenuk]

Haha ... false economy starts with an engine repaired on the cheap... Usually ends with a few swear words and twice the money spent!