[TPR] Good news, bad news

[Asa Jay Laughton]

John,
Have you pulled the oil filter and checked it?  I'd assume at this  
point it probably has sludge from cam filings.  I'm sorry to hear  
about the engine.

Asa  Jay

Quoting John via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>:

> I finally dragged my butt out to the garage tonight to start the  
> inevitable task of finding out what happened at sscc. Well, the good  
> news is I'll be getting a new engine soon! :). The bad news is it  
> looks like the cam is wasted. I pulled a valve cover and found one  
> rocker really loose and one loose enough to make noise. I pulled the  
> other side and found three loose!  All the adjusting nuts/locks were  
> tight. Bad sign. The only thing I can think of that would cause many  
> loose rockers is a wasted cam. The rocker studs were also tight. Now  
> I need to pull the interior and put a wrench on the crank. I'll put  
> a dial indicator on a pushrods and check lift. I got a bad feeling.  
> I guess that also explains the high oil temp and low oil pressure at  
> speed. The cam was committing suicide. JB
>
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