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Hello, so i bought a 2001 civic ex 5 spd for 400$, it has 236k miles (the preivous owner said it has bad water pump and skipped timing. . The car cranks but no start, i tested spark, fuel and its good when i did compression test cylinder 4 was at 115psi and the rest at 50-65, i added oil still no change on the psi. i looked at timing it looked fine took out the water pump looked practically brand new. pulled the head out to look at pistons it looked fine and i looked at the valves they looked fine to me. Are the valves bad? i checked for valve lash some of them were pretty loose and some were tight (not all of them though). the head gasket looked new but between cylinder 2-3 it looked to be scuffed. some one changed the gasket because it wasnt oem. will the car start after replacing the headgasket and fixing valve lash?? do i have a bigger problem looking at the pictures? i havent put the car back together because i havent got my headgasket yet. what could be the problem? any solutions????
