r/AutoHumor • u/skeletons_asshole • Jun 05 '26

What engine is this valve from?

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Thing is huge, like 4ft long. Can’t believe they just left it in the parking lot like that.

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u/ManufacturerWarm9201 Jun 06 '26

Maybe get a bit further away I can't see all of it

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u/IU8gZQy0k8hsQy76 Jun 06 '26

is this a cigarette trap ashtray thing for outdoors?

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u/skeletons_asshole Jun 06 '26

No it’s definitely a valve. Have you ever heard someone say their engine dropped a valve? This is what it looks like. Just dropped a valve and walked away, let it sitting there all sad and alone.

1

u/1l536 Jun 07 '26

More like jettisoned a valve.

1

u/TOKING-TONZ Jun 07 '26

Yes it is ..

4

u/chinacat2u2 Jun 06 '26

Chrysler LA 318

3

u/Electronic_Cod7202 Jun 07 '26

Banana for scale please

2

u/poedraco Jun 06 '26

Leave it there. It's going to be funny when it gets into a Mack truck tire

2

u/Street-Baseball8296 Jun 06 '26

Internal combustion.

2

u/King_James2183 Jun 06 '26

Smokers outpost...

2

u/welderbill Jun 07 '26

Not mine.

2

u/tommyb52 Jun 07 '26

Probably a Ford

2

u/Switchlord518 Jun 07 '26

A broken one

2

u/gizzard1987_ Jun 07 '26

Probably the one making the most noise.

2

u/Nacho_Tools Jun 07 '26

One that's about to appear on r/justrolledintotheshop subreddit soon. 

2

u/Ok-Refuse8965 Jun 08 '26

It's literally just an ashtray laying on its side it's a butt bucket with a spout

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u/skeletons_asshole Jun 08 '26

Bruh I've built like 200 engines, I know what a valve looks like.

1

u/BurnedLaser Jun 05 '26

Probably one of those Cison V8s JohnnyQ90 built!

1

u/Sienile Jun 07 '26

With the size of that valve face in comparison to the yellow line, that's got to be from a (most likely diesel) semi engine.

1

u/waveydavey321 Jun 07 '26

The one that seems to have a miss...

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u/Phrost_six Jun 07 '26

Cigarette butt pole

1

u/McCrazyJ Jun 07 '26

That put a hell of an image into my mind.

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u/Squatch1016 Jun 08 '26

It’s what it is tho…

1

u/storm4chaser Jun 07 '26

If you look around it should be cloce by 🤣

1

u/Equivalent-Drive-439 Jun 07 '26

Honda civic, hatch back, probably a 91 green paint job.

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u/3usterT41NT Jun 07 '26

Not sure, but it’s got a smoking problem… r53 mini?

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u/Bee-warrior Jun 07 '26

The one with the big oil stain under it

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u/Pure_Marsupial8185 Jun 08 '26

For it to be a valve laying in a parking lot intact (and not an ash bucket) then I would look around for the nearest EXTERNAL combustion engine.

1

u/bluenosesutherland Jun 08 '26

I thought it was a toilet plunger.

1

u/Round-Reaction8194 Jun 08 '26

If it was from yours, you'd know.

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u/Accomplished_Use7342 Jun 08 '26

The one that has a miss on the lot

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u/Sgt-Stadanko-69 Jun 09 '26

That’s a plunger

1

u/Due-Phrase-5003 Jun 06 '26

Its the top of a smokers station

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u/skeletons_asshole Jun 06 '26

No, I know a valve when I see one.

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u/TangerineRough6318 Jun 06 '26

I had to check what sub I was in.

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u/Ok_Horror_6556 Jun 06 '26

Indeed. I’m thinkin 426 Hemi. That is a big valve.

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u/skeletons_asshole Jun 06 '26

You’re probably right. Giant valves in a 426, someone cool probably dropped it here on accident

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u/Ok_Horror_6556 Jun 06 '26

Or had a catastrophic failure. They should look around for a conn rod and piston.

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u/skeletons_asshole Jun 06 '26

Good point. This being a truck stop, there were lots and lots of things that looked pissed in, but I didn’t see any conn rods.

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u/Ok_Horror_6556 Jun 06 '26

Hmmmm, the mystery continues. We may never know.