Camshaft issue! help!

[Tree18is]

sea foam the living shit out of it, and some b12 chem tool, just for fun see if you can get it to clear up.

[grantlacey11]

you think seafoam would take care of a lodged piece of metal?!?

[grantlacey11]

ok so here is what i think im going to do:

1. take the oilpan off, take the oil pickup tube out and see if i can see anything lodged in there.

2. get ahold of another cam and carrier, put them in in the near future.

check the valve cover again after a little driving with the new cam and see if the damage is still happening


any ideas?/ideas on where i could get a cam ASAP??

[bmwpower]

So you're gonna drive it like that? Be aware that those cams are hollow and it looks like you lathed off a good bit of metal. I'm sure you know what happens when the cam breaks.

See M42club.com or here for parts. Someone on there should have one.

http://m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8020

[grantlacey11]

So you're gonna drive it like that? Be aware that those cams are hollow and it looks like you lathed off a good bit of metal. I'm sure you know what happens when the cam breaks.

See M42club.com or here for parts. Someone one there should have one.

yes i do understand that. but i discovered this problem right after a 500 mile tahoe trip. so i think she can last a little longer. ill see what i find in the oil pan, feeder tube and get back to you guys a little later.

[Spinning Tires]

Your also pouring metal shavings out of there. Those suckers multiply like cockroaches

[grantlacey11]

ok people,

got the oil pan off, got the feeder tube out, found a dime sized leaf up against the screen...would this be enough to cause the carnage to the front intake cam bearing?

i didnt find really any metal shavings in the pan

or should i try and look further up the tube into the block...

[bmwpower]

ok people,

got the oil pan off, got the feeder tube out, found a dime sized leaf up against the screen...would this be enough to cause the carnage to the front intake cam bearing?

i didnt find really any metal shavings in the pan

or should i try and look further up the tube into the block...

Hole goes to oil pump, IIRC, so not sure how much you would see from that vantage point.

That shouldn't be the cause since the screen is much bigger than the size of a dime.

[Spinning Tires]

I had this problem with an Audi I was working on. His pickup screen was clogged with sludge which wore out the front cam journal. Anywho when i got the oil pressure back and ran the car with the valve cover off. Metal shavings were pouring out of the worn journal.