molch Legacy Donating Member 174 Member For: 20y 1m 20d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 12/09/16 06:40 AM Posted 12/09/16 06:40 AM hey guys, so while doing my valvesprings, I've noticed some cam lob damage on the exhaust cam over valve 1 and 2. What do you guys know, is it ok to forgot about it or is this going to form a problem down the line and I should look to get replacement cams?
molch Legacy Donating Member 174 Member For: 20y 1m 20d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 12/09/16 06:43 AM Author Posted 12/09/16 06:43 AM Also is this caused by valve float or some foreign object getting between the lob and lifters?
ROB83R Member 1,632 Member For: 10y 4m 1d Gender: Not Telling Location: Radioactive wasteland Posted 12/09/16 06:48 AM Posted 12/09/16 06:48 AM Seems to be a common thing with the fg series mate. New cams sound like a good idea. Valve float maybe but I reckon they're just not made right.
arronm Dropping a turd Legacy Donating Member 9,520 Member For: 18y 10m 24d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 12/09/16 07:16 AM Posted 12/09/16 07:16 AM Cams are dead and so probably are rollers. Damage is caused by poor manufacture 1
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 30,101 Member For: 18y 5m 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/09/16 07:19 AM Posted 12/09/16 07:19 AM fully synthetic? 1
molch Legacy Donating Member 174 Member For: 20y 1m 20d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 12/09/16 08:03 AM Author Posted 12/09/16 08:03 AM 45 minutes ago, arronm said: Cams are dead and so probably are rollers. Damage is caused by poor manufacture Oh Cr@p. Any recommendations on standard replacements? Im also considering doing the oil pump now as a precautionary. can anyone here supply them at good prices?
arronm Dropping a turd Legacy Donating Member 9,520 Member For: 18y 10m 24d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 12/09/16 08:09 AM Posted 12/09/16 08:09 AM 50 minutes ago, k31th said: fully synthetic? NO 2
ROB83R Member 1,632 Member For: 10y 4m 1d Gender: Not Telling Location: Radioactive wasteland Posted 12/09/16 09:39 AM Posted 12/09/16 09:39 AM 1 hour ago, molch said: Oh Cr@p. Any recommendations on standard replacements? Im also considering doing the oil pump now as a precautionary. can anyone here supply them at good prices? Atomic. Pm @JETURBO he might be able to sort something out for you.
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Legacy Donating Member 23,708 Member For: 18y 3m 20d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 12/09/16 09:42 AM Posted 12/09/16 09:42 AM Full syn strikes again lol honestly though what oil were you running ?
BAXRTUTE Legacy Donating Member 2,639 Member For: 10y 5m 2d Posted 12/09/16 10:09 AM Posted 12/09/16 10:09 AM Ive got a B series head u can take? Not sure if u can use it though? Ive pulled my atomic springs out though. 1
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