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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reivaxtorres" data-source="post: 412338" data-attributes="member: 8890">find a machine shop that will be able to fix the heads a few days before thurs. since it was the valves hitting the piston, i would assume that the vavles are toast, so they will have to be replaced. if there is any major damage to the engine, chances are its gonna be a bent rod. best way i can say to check it is once the heads are off, rotate the block and see if all the pistons go up to the same level. if the ones that were hitting the valves fall short of the rest, then you have a bent rod and will need to replace those rods that are bent. a good valve job for the heads shouldnt take too long but it just depends on the workload of the shop where you take it to.most important part of this will be figuring out why you have PTV contact, because the last thing you wanna do is repeat what just happened. are you sure the cams were on the proper side of the engine? are you sure it was timed correctly? and one more thing, just because the manual says 6 qts of oil doesnt mean its gonna be around there. when i do my oil changes, if i let it sit for about 10 minutes draining, i need about 6 qts. if i let it sit for an hour draining, it needs 7.</blockquote>