2010 timing chain, can you get it to skip a tooth?

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  1. ASRDogman

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    You could buy a tap the size of the plug to clean out the threads.
    Put grease the groove to catch any material.
    When I have a head off, I clean the lower part of the spark plug hole then run
    a plug from the piston side then I know the I won't have a problem with a new plug.

     
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    It is unlikely four plug threads are bad much less one. No compression probably means something wrong on the cams, rocket arms or caps. It has happened before.

    I would measure the compression.

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    I’m leaning towards something to do with the valves too. Was hoping maybe one of those washers came off a spark plug or something. I do not know.
    We’ll know soon because I’m about to dig in to it again
     
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    How does one crank a Prius to do a compression test with a manual gauge?
     
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    Found a thread for that, I’ll link to it later when I have time
     
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    Don’t mind me folks. This is just my new blog as I do this.
    Compression;
    170-170-170-0
     
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    Back in the day, that would be read as a tad bit unbalanced.
     
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    Intake rockers for #4 laying in the valley. Timing marks for reference.
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    The rockers appear to be undameged. Could collapsed lifters let the rockers fall off?
     
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    Argh. Hmm. Those two intake valves, do they rise up as far as they should now, to seat fully closed?
     
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    No they don’t, by about .100”
    Looks like I bent the valves somehow
     
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    bummer
     
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    Yeah
     
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