az6 turbo Member 38 Member For: 12y 10m 29d Gender: Male Location: shellharbour Posted 02/08/14 04:27 AM Share 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?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,004 Member For: 16y 7m 21d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/08/14 04:35 AM Share Posted 02/08/14 04:35 AM wow... that's a lot of damage. what was it rubbing on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 02/08/14 04:59 AM Share Posted 02/08/14 04:59 AM Cam roller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Captain Retard" Member 1,417 Member For: 10y 6m 29d Gender: Male Location: Shellharbour NSW Posted 02/08/14 05:07 AM Share 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 !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenDoCo I'm getten too old for this s**t Bronze Donating Members 4,509 Member For: 11y 7m 24d Gender: Male Location: A big bridge over a river in South Australia Posted 02/08/14 05:08 AM Share Posted 02/08/14 05:08 AM It's not a normal thing for it to rub and cause that much damage is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 17y 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/08/14 05:11 AM Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 6m Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 02/08/14 05:14 AM Share Posted 02/08/14 05:14 AM What oil were u running out of intrest ....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Captain Retard" Member 1,417 Member For: 10y 6m 29d Gender: Male Location: Shellharbour NSW Posted 02/08/14 06:00 AM Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az6 turbo Member 38 Member For: 12y 10m 29d Gender: Male Location: shellharbour Posted 02/08/14 06:11 AM Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 02/08/14 06:21 AM Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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