Could a broke valve spring cause poor performance??

[jims427400]

I know this is a really stupid question,but I'm just trying to pin point any other areas that might be causing my poor performance before I replace or rebuild everything under my hood.Some one told me to check my vave springs for brakage,I suppose that sounds possible.
Does anyone else agree w/ that??
I just figure if its not my cabs,not my plugs,not my fuel system,than its got to be my distributor system..RITE ???
Anyway,any other suggestions would be appreciated..

With spring coming soon I would like to get on the road asap..
Yhanks all,Jim

 

[henny496]

Hello
A broken valve spring will cause poor performance. What was the symptons of the engine before?
Sorry if I missed this from a previous post
take care
Tom

 

[Sting Ray]

You might try doing a compression check, A broken helper spring caused about a 50% drop in compression on one cylinder on one of my dads cars, was acting like a miss on an engine anylizer.

Tom M

 

[vett boy]

A broken valve spring can lead to no performance at all .

 

[JonM]

Absolutly...How do you feel when you are only firing on seven cylinders?...maybe thats a question for the SO... ...:L

 

[gscott]

Big blocks are noted for valve spring breakage, pull the plugs and see if any are wet, if so, it is`about a 20 minute fix.