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Got random misfiring and found the number 7 cylinder the valve got bent from the piston hitting it when it was partly opened. Took to dodge they said it was from something in my fuel so i used teh fuel up in the tank then dropped it opened it out and it was clean blew out the fuel line nothign blew out the fuel rail found a little bit of white creamy milky stuff in it still running rough they took off the intake manifold and found the number 7 cylinder valve stuck and bent then also found in some holes goldish blotches inside the manifold they are saying it was from what was in the fuel they ddi no fuel sample. When insurance company went to look at it they say its oil in the manifold and that my timing is knocked off a cog. But dodge is saying its from what was in the fuel.

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Bad fuel will NEVER bend a valve. Bad engine timing will. Stuck valves will also get bent due to interference with the piston and cause engine misfiring due to loss of compression in the combustion chamber. Bad fuel will only cause loss of power, rough idling, and in extreme conditions cause misfiring; but it will NEVER cause a stuck valve or the timing chain to "knock a couple of cogs". A bad timing belt tensioner will allow the timing belt to jump a "cog or two". The stuck valve can be from either lack of proper oil maintenance or from just bad assembly.

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The fuel filter and the fuel injectors have filters that filter in the microns range.something is not right about all of this.there is no way a particle big enough to do that damage got in there .

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