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Well maintained car, Mother in law only drive about 20 miles a day on the avg. The car was running good before bring in the car for a routine oil change and tire rotation. Mother in law said there was a wining notice once in a while.
The shop notifies me and said the intake manifold was leaking and asked if I wanted to have it repair, I oked it.
Shop does the work, per the shop manager, they start the car, cars running good for a couple of minutes and then the engine began to knock! The investigate and finds out that there is no oil flowing on the valves, so they change the oil pump, then they changed the lifters, Now they think the engine had spun a bearing, but they had to pull the engine out to investigate. After the engine was pulled I noticed the following items.
1) Cam had a sharp burr on the end were the timing chain mounts.
2) Thin long metal shaving
3) Bearing scratched, shop manager said from removing the cam.
4) Bearings showing Brass like ware marks through the nickel like metal bearings
5) Bearing oil hole at about 4:30 position
6) Belt tensioner look to have gouged/ spun (marks) into timing chain cover
Shop manager was not sure if the bearings had spun or not so he said the would sent the engine to a machine shop.
The verdict was the bearings had spun? My research shows the too little oil would cause the bearing to spin or too much!!
Help! Any thoughts!
Scott
The shop notifies me and said the intake manifold was leaking and asked if I wanted to have it repair, I oked it.
Shop does the work, per the shop manager, they start the car, cars running good for a couple of minutes and then the engine began to knock! The investigate and finds out that there is no oil flowing on the valves, so they change the oil pump, then they changed the lifters, Now they think the engine had spun a bearing, but they had to pull the engine out to investigate. After the engine was pulled I noticed the following items.
1) Cam had a sharp burr on the end were the timing chain mounts.
2) Thin long metal shaving
3) Bearing scratched, shop manager said from removing the cam.
4) Bearings showing Brass like ware marks through the nickel like metal bearings
5) Bearing oil hole at about 4:30 position
6) Belt tensioner look to have gouged/ spun (marks) into timing chain cover
Shop manager was not sure if the bearings had spun or not so he said the would sent the engine to a machine shop.
The verdict was the bearings had spun? My research shows the too little oil would cause the bearing to spin or too much!!
Help! Any thoughts!
Scott
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