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Does a valve failure ie.. the shim falling out happen instantly or over a short period of time? Only one valve failed by the sound of what I was told so?

No the first motor had the thicker head gasket and the timing was set up accordingly.

To pull the head and put the shim in Would the valves have to be pulled? I thought that the shim could be installed without stripping the head down. just pull the timing chain and yank the head?

Could that high octane fuel have caused the valve break? I'm leaving for McBride on Saturday and half the guys don't want me to take my Rx because of the reliability issue I'm hoping I can at least get one full ridein for $20,000.00 I hope any way.

I've replaced my engine in my RX1 the old one had a catastrophic valve failure, the head of the valve came right off, trashed the head, piston and block completely. What would have caused this? I ran about 95% c-12 when it failed and I believe further back in the posts I read that running to...