Dean Stranieri
New Member
Hi guys, hope someone can help. Had my Freelander sitting in the drive way for 2 yrs ( got a company car) with a blown head gasket. Just got around to replacing the gasket the other day but having a major headache getting the timing to line up on both the cam sprockets and the crank at the same time. My question it this. Is it possible that I have bent the valve stems turning the crank by hand ( the cam belt was not attached). I felt a fair bit of resistance at 2 points then it was fine to turn. Was the resistance due to valves hitting pistons or just because the car had been sitting idle for 2 years and pistons were a little seized. By the way when I rotated the crank the cam sprockets were lined up at TDC. Any help would be appreciated.