Fg Cams - Beware Of Wear

[genuine honest person]

yes ,you are right . but he already had the money and the courier had it loaded .

the whole engine will have to be striped as there is rust marks (lumps ) on the top of the valves , and looking throe the sparkplug holes there is tonnes of carbon on the pistons . also the cam lobes have marks on them . water has been sitting in the sparkplug holes . the engine oil that I drained also was like black as spade . it looks like that the engine has done way more than 6000 klm (more like 60000) . going to take the head of and sump . will also send a engine oil sample to be tested

[Bomber]

If going that far just send it off to TBRE and be done with it.

[genuine honest person]

have no money to keep going at the moment as I have spend $12500 on engine ,gearbox and engine parts . have about $4000 left for tune and bits and pieces I will need for pipework ,turbo rebuild etc . looks like I will not get there after all .

[Bomber]

...yer ya will, just need to be patient and do it a bit smarter mate that's all. And, before you pull it down any further get someone to look at it. The wear on the rollers is pretty much normal. A little burnish will probably clean them up and won't hurt performance at all. If really worried, get another set from the wreckers - they're all the same. Carbon on pistons - normal. Valves - worse case the head needs a quick reco. Take a deep breath mate.

[genuine honest person]

have a engine builder coming over this week end to look at it for me . that is if he turns up at all .

that sort of marks are acceptable for 6000 klm ? . will try again to post pictures

[Bizkets is Drunk?]

Depends how hard the car was driven for 6k.

[Wilko16]

Probably very hard into a tree/pole

[Z2TT]

What the f*ck all our cams are f*cked.

What can we do?

[Wilko16]

Crank the boost up and keep driving them [emoji106]

[Bizkets is Drunk?]

Burnouts in reverse to reverse the damage that should fix it. Lol