Well there goes a cam...
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I have ran Joe Gibbs Break in Oil for around the first 500 miles then valvoline racing 10w 30 for about 200 the that was changed out for brad penn 20w 50 for about 300 miles if that
I remember seeing my friend put together a friend's integra motor and when he was putting the cams in he cleaned em with brake clean like I do then literally put them in the head journals DRY....I was like not going to put oil on the journals or anything? He was like I pour oil over everything when I'm done...like ugh, the most important part is the journals and takes time to get oil up there...I wouldve used assembly lube or oil at least.That kinda stuff makes me cringe, I see lots of people do it too, I dont know why but I dont know how there stuff lasts as long as it does when they do things like that. You used lube when you put the cams in?
those are all on the chopping block, i have been searching for a cheap oil filter cutting tool, i have cut them open before with a cut off wheel however this can provide false results because of the abrasive cutting process. the head will be completely cleaned and blown out at the shop though! thanks for the input!
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Had my 2.4 fail about 3 months back on the rollers due to the mineral running in oil getting to hot and turning to water, luckily enough all the cam lobes were fine but there was some fine scoring to the cam journals under some of the caps........................Would you say this could cause a very slight tap in my head??
Or would it be more like the lash adjusters are damaged from lack of lubrication??
Or would it be more like the lash adjusters are damaged from lack of lubrication??
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