Warning....check your cam lobes..

Post by **Doug_S2** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:49 pm

rolskii wrote:be good to look at yr oil pick up strainer ... see if its picked up anything to block or reduce oil flow/cause the lobes to wear prematurely also ....
(I got crank/rods pistons if needed..? couple heads too..)

look athe bore picture and look at that nice big crack down the bore - no way anything is getting rebuilt on that engine.

Post by **DavidT** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:00 pm

So what do you think caused the failure please Doug ?

Post by **Doug_S2** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:11 pm

for whatever reason that cam has started to wear first and led to that damage. It is very unusual for one lobe to wear with no signs of the others starting to wear - so not the usual case of an unloved engine.

Post by **buzzard** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:18 pm

bearing in mind it is the very front lobe...do you think that it is starved of oil due to the inertia of the engine or just down to crap cam material??

Post by **Doug_S2** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:21 pm

i would say crap cam material or flaw

Post by **S25MRS** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:33 pm

Excuse my ignorance, but are the cams checked as routine at any point? What I mean is, during cambelt service, etc? Just wondered if not, I assume it may be worth having them checked as a matter of course?

Post by **buzzard** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:34 pm

your not ignorant mate your wise.....

Post by **Doug_S2** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:40 pm

The cams are not usually checked unless you have a ticking, a misfire, or have leaking camcover gaskets... I usually look inside the filler cap and see one lobe - doesn't really help if you have buzzards issue though. It is also wise to check the oil pick, the turbo oil supplies, the play on the turbo shafts.... up but it is just not somehitng that is done on a regular basis otherwise ewvery inspection is a lot of money.

Post by **S25MRS** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:44 pm

I'll get you to check mine when my cambelt service gets done then......

Post by **buzzard** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:03 pm

just lookin forward to getting her back with a nice slice of bhp/torque and a sprinkling of MRC magic.

Post by **Blue_Thunder** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:18 pm

Well, if confusionhunter get's his ass into gear... there's a replacement engine right there.

Post by **quattrokid1** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:49 pm

after seeing this I think I'll walk tomorrow!!

that is one hell of a mess there

hope your back up and running soonest

Post by **rolskii** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:38 am

Doug_S2 wrote:
rolskii wrote:be good to look at yr oil pick up strainer ... see if its picked up anything to block or reduce oil flow/cause the lobes to wear prematurely also ....
(I got crank/rods pistons if needed..? couple heads too..)
look athe bore picture and look at that nice big crack down the bore - no way anything is getting rebuilt on that engine.

u edited out my post

.... at the bottom ....

rolskii wrote:.. nor a cracked bore ......

(I got crank/rods pistons if needed..? couple heads too..)

never intended for the pictured lump ...

..... probably get £30 a block next door at the scrappy Doug ...?

Post by **AdamS4** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:37 am

Sorry to see this

... I've seen plenty of Ford engines do something like this but never a German engine.

Best of luck with the rebuild

Post by **JDB** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:45 am

Good luck with the rebuild

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