CAMSHAFT WORN , BUGGER

[ADYS4FKU]

Hi guys. Well today been a bad day. Just thought i would fit my rocker cover gasket left bank. To my horror i found a very worn exhaust camshaft lobe and tappet worn though. In fact there was no tappet. There has been no warning signs that its gone. not even a rattle or lack of any performance. Hoping have got away with minuim damage. Has anyone come across this before ? Thanks in advance.

[SJS]

Ive seen reports of this before on the 2.7T.

[grizz]

There have been a few cases . New set of cams and tappets should see it right.

[dummi]

lucky you found it in time

[imolas4uk]

how many miles ?,what oil are you using ?

[ADYS4FKU]

[quote="imolas4uk"]how many miles ?,what oil are you using ?[/quote
81.000 miles. Only had the car 3 months so do not know what oil its had up to me buying it. Done one oil change when i got it and put castrol magntec in. Looks like right hand bank had same problem as its had a new exhaust camshaft already.

[imolas4uk]

does it have good history ie fixed or variable service schedules ?,has the previous owners missed any services ?

[ADYS4FKU]

does it have good history ie fixed or variable service schedules ?,has the previous owners missed any services ?

Its got good serivce history. On fixed servicing. Has not missed any services. last service was done at 80k.

[Blue_Thunder]

Is Magnatec fully synthetic?

[S4]

well they do do a fully... just looked Blue, most of there range is semi.... http://www.castrol.com/castrol/sectiong ... 71#7106416

Off topic a bit, well not really. Millers is a good oil, but most dont use it over here... not that main stream


Darren