m30 fucked

[ldsbeaker]

dude, I'm gone 10 days, and this happens?
I'm sorry Joe...
I'll get back with you on the M30.

[Garageaholic]

Boring and new pistons cost alot of $$$, but if I could i would in a heartbeat.

Anyway, I found something else that could probably add to or even be the cause of the knocking. There was a missing bolt on my cam timing gear and the other 3 were barely hand tight, so the gear was floppin around, and only god knows where the last little bolt went, i can't find it. And yea, I'm the dumb ass who didn't tighten them.

you know Joe.. That's probably what did it... You're lucky you found it when you did! or you would have to rebuild the whole engine whether you like it or not!

[JoeMadoo]

Yea probably. But I also had no oil pressure, thats equally scary, i think thats what killed the bearings. But I'm not really sure what would cause that.

[Garageaholic]

If you had 0 oil pressure, wouldn't your oil pressure light on your instrument cluster go on? Is that how you knew?

[JoeMadoo]

Ya the light stayed on. I tried 2 different senders, and a VDO oil pressure gauge, which read 0.

When i revved it up high like around 5k or 6k the light flickered, but when back on.

[gotKRAUT]

no oil FTL :(

[JoeMadoo]

oh thats what i forgot...

[E30/M30]

Sorry to hear about your engine.

There was a missing bolt on my cam timing gear and the other 3 were barely hand tight, so the gear was floppin around, and only god knows where the last little bolt went, i can't find it. And yea, I'm the dumb ass who didn't tighten them.

Yep, i've done this too, been there, got the te..........bent valves

[JoeMadoo]

o wow... that hurts to look at, im sorry man.