I second neileg.
One of your valves has apparently come loose or broke, and fell into the combustion chamber. -Not good!
If that's in fact what happened, you are looking at a major engine repair.
You can save at bunch of $$ finding a good used engine instead of repairing the old one.

Freestyler

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