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Does this look as bad as I think? - Billdozer2 - 10-31-2016
I'm curious what you guys think of this. I pulled the valve cover off to fix a small oil leak and checked out the cam while I was there. Looks like a small scratch on cylinder 2 intake lob. Looks like camshaft time soon.
RE: Does this look as bad as I think? - hhow55 - 10-31-2016
I think it would be a good idea, to remove all your rocker arm's, and cleanup everything very well. Are you adding a gallon of stalube gl4 80-90w?.
RE: Does this look as bad as I think? - Unilevers - 11-01-2016
honestly that looks like a dirt scratch, and not a big deal.
can you catch it with your nail? if you cant i wouldn't worry about it but i would say that looks like a typical reground cam after 100k miles or a oem one with 400K plus miles.
RE: Does this look as bad as I think? - Rawze - 11-01-2016
Until you start getting a step as wide as the roller at the peak of the cam lobe,.. I would not worry about it. It looks more like a piece of dirt/flake of metal may have settled onto the roller at some point more than anything.
BTW: It is nice to see that your engine is not all soot-packed. Oil looks pretty good.
RE: Does this look as bad as I think? - Billdozer2 - 11-03-2016
(10-31-2016 )hhow55 Wrote: I think it would be a good idea, to remove all your rocker arm's, and cleanup everything very well. Are you adding a gallon of stalube gl4 80-90w?.
As the weather gets colder, I've started using a half gallon instead. I only drive the northeast and will go back to using a full gallon come spring.
(11-01-2016 )Unilevers Wrote: honestly that looks like a dirt scratch, and not a big deal.
can you catch it with your nail? if you cant i wouldn't worry about it but i would say that looks like a typical reground cam after 100k miles or a oem one with 400K plus miles.
I can catch it with my nail. It is not very deep at all. Also, the cam is an OEM one and I am at 405k miles. Haha! I guess it's pretty common?
(11-01-2016 )Rawze Wrote: Until you start getting a step as wide as the roller at the peak of the cam lobe,.. I would not worry about it. It looks more like a piece of dirt/flake of metal may have settled onto the roller at some point more than anything.
BTW: It is nice to see that your engine is not all soot-packed. Oil looks pretty good.
I try and change the oil every 10,000 miles, keep idle to a minimum, and lay off the good olde fuel pedal. At 405k miles, I figured the engine would be almost soot destroyed. I still plan on getting south for some Plan B action come spring and freight slows down for me.