How do you know if a camshaft is wearing ??
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An annoying ticking noise from the engine is usualy a sign. But as I found out this can be caused by other factors. Also being down on power and/or rough running. But again both these can be caused by other things.
Advice would be to check for regular servicing, take the oil cap off and have a look into the engine, if its black, this is bad. It should be a light brown colour if its been looked after. But again there is no guarantee.
Advice would be to check for regular servicing, take the oil cap off and have a look into the engine, if its black, this is bad. It should be a light brown colour if its been looked after. But again there is no guarantee.
As previously said, ticking sounds are often to be heard. Also, listen to the tappets on overrun. They dump their oil when worn and you'll hear them clattering as the engine settles at tickover. My cam is almost certainly shot. I have one og the stethoscope thingies (RS Components £not much) and I can hear it ticking like a good un around the tappets close to the oil filler cap. I'm told you can also tell with a heat sensing gun which some dealers have. Apparently, they'll read each exhaust header and there will be differnces where the lobes are worn. After that though, you need to remove the plenum, inlet and rockers to see the top of the cam.
A new cam shaft with lifters, timing chain and sprockets, new push rods, and valve springs. Supplied and fitted with all gaskets and bolts is about £1k from V8D. The kit itself is about £500-600 and then the rest is labour. As Im fitting mine I can vouch that the labour cost is quite reasonable.
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