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yes a bent valve will not seat properly. can also wear the valve slide and ruin the head.will also cause backfiring and loss of power. sometimes a bent valve will breakthen fall down and punch a hole thru the piston or the side of the cylander bore

so yes a bent valve can cause further damage to your engine

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