Camatron

Yeah. Thinking if selling it. Just bought a grand vitara with a warranty as I'm over fixing cars atm. I'd be lucky to get $5k for it. Might get myself another Datsun! No luck with these new fords... Dunno. Tempted to give the engine a flush and be pump and balancer? Need to stew over it for a bit

Car is completely stock. You can actually feel the knock on the exhaust side at he back of the engine. Apparently the cam gears at the back of the engine are quite worn. The shop put some run in lube on the cam and it's not knocking at the moment so it is definitely oil pressure related? You would think it would be worse if the if the oil pump was stuffed? It's a weird one.

Hi all, this my first post. My BA xr6 turbo recently developed a knock at the back of the engine. I took it to a reputable tuning shop and they have advised me that the worn harmonic balancer has wrecked the oil pump, which is causing the cam/valve train to knock at the back of the engine. Has anyone had this happen before?The shop also advised that a new balancer and pump probably wouldn't fix it. Car has 196k. They also advised against a second hand turbo engine as it would most likely be flogged. They did suggest the cheap option of putting a late BF n/a engine in to get my back on the road. I've only had the car a few months. I've only done 4000ks and I've spent @$10k so far. So pretty pissed obviously. Does anyone have a good 2nd running engine? Any advice appreciated. Cheers