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Im replacing the valve stem seals from my 1991 jaguar xj6 and the valve dropped?

When i waa replacing the valves in the las 4 valves , they dropped and i dont know how to make them go back up, and i dont want to take the engine out of the car, is there any tool to make the valve go back up or there is any way to do it?? People told me that i can crank it by and , but i dont know how to do it where do i have to do it, i need help please im begging for help!

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Engine dis-assembly is now required .
As you've been asking this question for a week now time and time again I guess its time for the Nasty one to set you straight, As I've been a mechanic for over 30 years my knowledge is vast and no further questions need to be asked, You screwed up! now that you have dropped the valves into the cylinders you have to remove the head or heads that you screwed up on, period, end of sentence, there is no other way, and no you will not need to remove the engine to remove the heads, But had you did a bit of research before diving into this without a clue you would have found that a simple length of clothes line or thin rope stuffed down the spark plug hole and turned the engine over by hand to bring the piston up and push the rope into the valves to hold them place would have saved you from pulling the heads off this POS, excuse me I meant fine piece of English engineering, by trying to turn the engine over now is just a good way to bend a valve, and for all you know the piston could have been at the bottom of its stroke and the valves fell out of there guides are not even in contact with the head, so with this said do some research on how to remove the heads on this thing and fix your screw up. Live and learn, you just opted to learn the hard way,
You could use a socket and breaker bar on the bolt on the end of the crankshaft to slowly and carefully rotate the engine by hand. But if the valve is all the way down into the cylinder, the only fix is to remove the cylinder head. If you have been asking for days, maybe, just maybe, you are in over your head. Bring the car to a reputable mechanic and pay to have it repaired. Repeating the same question obviously isn't helping at all. All you are accomplishing is to irritate the people here on Yahoo Answers.

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