az6 turbo Member 38 Member For: 14y 7m 5d Gender: Male Location: shellharbour Posted 02/08/14 04:27 AM Posted 02/08/14 04:27 AM So to ad to this just took the cam cover off to fix a small weep of oil and found this.Anyone have a inlet cam for sale??
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 30,020 Member For: 18y 3m 28d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/08/14 04:35 AM Posted 02/08/14 04:35 AM wow... that's a lot of damage. what was it rubbing on?
arronm Dropping a turd Legacy Donating Member 9,520 Member For: 18y 9m 11d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 02/08/14 04:59 AM Posted 02/08/14 04:59 AM Cam roller.
"Captain Retard" Member 1,417 Member For: 12y 3m 5d Gender: Male Location: Shellharbour NSW Posted 02/08/14 05:07 AM Posted 02/08/14 05:07 AM It doesn't even look like its on the lobe, it looks like the hardening has just flaked off, WTF !!!
BenDoCo I'm getten too old for this s**t Legacy Donating Member 4,509 Member For: 13y 4m Gender: Male Location: A big bridge over a river in South Australia Posted 02/08/14 05:08 AM Posted 02/08/14 05:08 AM It's not a normal thing for it to rub and cause that much damage is it?
Wilko16 Legacy Donating Member 1,672 Member For: 18y 8m 17d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/08/14 05:11 AM Posted 02/08/14 05:11 AM Oh dear!!! Did the roller hardening fail or the cam hardening? Prob to hard to tell, pretty hardcore would have been tapping its ass off
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Legacy Donating Member 23,708 Member For: 18y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 02/08/14 05:14 AM Posted 02/08/14 05:14 AM What oil were u running out of intrest ....?
"Captain Retard" Member 1,417 Member For: 12y 3m 5d Gender: Male Location: Shellharbour NSW Posted 02/08/14 06:00 AM Posted 02/08/14 06:00 AM Is that wear on the heel of the cam or the lobe?If it's on the heel then what does the lobe look like?Very curious!
az6 turbo Member 38 Member For: 14y 7m 5d Gender: Male Location: shellharbour Posted 02/08/14 06:11 AM Posted 02/08/14 06:11 AM Bought the car with 110xxx ks so can't say what oil was in before but had full service history. I use castrol edge titanium 0-40.I know the rumours about full synthetic, but if it was true I'd expect to see wear like that on all lobes, not just one!It was worn like that on cyl no4, inlet valve closest to the front of car. I'm sort of thinking its bad case hardening just because of the way it looks or I was getting really bad float on just that valve.And their was no rattle to even suspect there was something wrong.
arronm Dropping a turd Legacy Donating Member 9,520 Member For: 18y 9m 11d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 02/08/14 06:21 AM Posted 02/08/14 06:21 AM (edited) What oil were u running out of intrest ....?Oil type is not the major cause of the cam lobe wear. Edited 02/08/14 06:24 AM by arronm 2
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