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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #195 on: November 18, 2008 - 12:55:28 AM »
didn`t you have a gasket problem with the oil pump when you installed it on the block , That would do it

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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #196 on: November 18, 2008 - 02:09:04 AM »
Indeed the gasket had a transportdamage.
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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #197 on: November 18, 2008 - 02:15:01 AM »
do you need one still , I have a spare

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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #198 on: November 18, 2008 - 07:13:30 AM »
do you need one still , I have a spare

Thanks  :2thumbs: Will try to remove it this evening and send you a PM if needed, still hope it was the belts making the noice.
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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #199 on: November 18, 2008 - 09:51:17 AM »
Wasn't that difficult to discover the problem once the cover was off.  ;) Now it's ready for start up.
Man,I bet that was making a noise!
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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #200 on: November 18, 2008 - 01:00:36 PM »
Propably the oilfilter has got "loose" with all my problems getting the engine in the car. That fits with the direction of the spray you see in the clip.
I could turn it a little bit but have to wait untill my floor is clean again for a real check.
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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #201 on: November 19, 2008 - 11:43:47 AM »
It wasn't loose, it was even worse. ;) At least I found the problem.
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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #202 on: November 19, 2008 - 12:22:55 PM »

 :22yikes:   :eek2:

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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #203 on: November 19, 2008 - 12:50:38 PM »
Wow, tough break.  Hopefully you can get it sorted out.  What kind of pump are you using and what grade of oil?  Must have been some serious pressure to burst that thing.

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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #204 on: November 19, 2008 - 07:03:34 PM »
It could also have been a lousy crimp on the filter. I have seen this numerous times, and  there is no reason that a MOPAR filter can't have a construction failure. I have personally seen 3 MOPAR filters leak here, and I figured that one day, there would be a catastrophic failure like yours. Sorry it was you.

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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #205 on: November 19, 2008 - 08:34:44 PM »
 Possibly the filter was damaged going in?

 That screech sound when you shut it down, did you lose oil pressure? Any ideas?

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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #206 on: November 19, 2008 - 08:39:58 PM »
Possibly the filter was damaged going in?

 That screech sound when you shut it down, did you lose oil pressure? Any ideas?

Yes, the lamp started to burn. The gauge I didn't check in the confusion but the half of the oil is still there.  :dunno:

Hopefully it was the belts getting wet from the oil.
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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #207 on: November 23, 2008 - 08:45:00 AM »
Installed new filter and oil and the same thing happens :banghead: This time it just pore right down on the floor.
Time to take a look at the pump I guess and especially that gasket. What else can it be? My hands are not that strong that I break the filters.
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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #208 on: November 23, 2008 - 09:04:34 AM »
Got to be in the pump.  Is it a HV pump?  Is it thick oil?50W

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Re: Cam lobe wear
« Reply #209 on: November 23, 2008 - 09:44:31 AM »
It's Kendall 20-50 racingoil, new Melling HV pump. Why did it work the first 20 minutes? :clueless:
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