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Offline Steve_PD

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Anyone fancy a chocolate cam
« on: 14 January 2010, 21:14 »
As some of you know my car developed the dreaded chocolate cam  :angry:
Got it fixed today so here are some alot of pics

















This one was the worst :shocked: :shocked:









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Re: Anyone fancy a chocolate cam
« Reply #1 on: 14 January 2010, 21:14 »
All of the followers had signs of wearing. 3 where pitted and one had completely worn through :lipsrsealed:

It was the same story for the camshaft













The last two shows the lobe which had worn through the follower. Its almost completely round :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

Symptoms where clicking sound after 2k rpm, white smoke on start up, excessive black smoke when driving and power surging. You could also hear the turbo stuttering

Anyone with a PD150 or remapped 130 its worth taking the cam cover off and checking for any wearing to the camshaft and followers. It is an expensive job :cry:

ps sorry for the sh!t pics was taken with a camera phone
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Re: Anyone fancy a chocolate cam
« Reply #2 on: 14 January 2010, 21:16 »
Ouch!!

your description on the phone earlier painted a grim picture and those pics really hit home!!  :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Re: Anyone fancy a chocolate cam
« Reply #3 on: 14 January 2010, 21:20 »
Sorry to hear about this Steve. I assume your all fixed up now with a dent in your wallet??  :sad:
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Re: Anyone fancy a chocolate cam
« Reply #4 on: 14 January 2010, 21:22 »
think i would be taking the sump off to clean any swarf/remains out !
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Re: Anyone fancy a chocolate cam
« Reply #5 on: 14 January 2010, 21:23 »
That's not pretty...

It looks similar to pretty much every cam and follower I had in my Escort lol
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Re: Anyone fancy a chocolate cam
« Reply #6 on: 14 January 2010, 21:26 »
Got it back tonight Scott  :smiley: Drives nice again. and yes a big dent but not as much as I feared

Quote from: snap-on on 14 January 2010, 21:22
think i would be taking the sump off to clean any swarf/remains out !

would be a good idea but wont have the time for a week or so. they used a engine flush and some engine cleaner and the oil was changed about 2 weeks ago
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Re: Anyone fancy a chocolate cam
« Reply #7 on: 14 January 2010, 21:28 »
what did it cost if you dont mind me asking ?
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Re: Anyone fancy a chocolate cam
« Reply #8 on: 14 January 2010, 21:31 »
Wow that looks bad, whats your mileage like.
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Re: Anyone fancy a chocolate cam
« Reply #9 on: 14 January 2010, 21:34 »
Total cost was £850 but I never changed the cam belt as that was only changed 10k ago. parts changed was camshaft, cam followers, shell bearing, oil, oil filter. 6.5 hours labour.
mileage is 115k
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