We’ll been spending about 20 min each night with my plastic angle cut sprayer straws removing the gray RTV, painful but almost done. Included pic of the RTV slivers.
Here is the part bad part at least I think. As I was laying there, looked up at a drip of oil hanging on the dipstick waiting for it to drip on me.
Looking past it for a sec, way caught off guard when I saw metal protruding from sides of cam journal. Upon further inspection, there are two journals that have this issue and are the inner ones near dipstick and oil pump. I’ve not installed cams on on auto engine, but I’m not sure if what I’m seeing is some type of journal sleeve repair gone bad or a bearing. Looks too thin to be a bearing. Took the wind out of my sail needless to say and put my RMS project on hold until i better understand this.
Take a look, let me know what you think this may be.
As FYI, bought this rebuilt ATK engine about 1 year ago, has 6k miles on it now, oil has been changed at least 4 times now.
I’ve had my share of issues with this engine, mainly water leaks due to lack of sealant in 3 locations, joints. Plus a RMS leak.
However, it had been a strong running engine without issue. Changed it last year with dad and brother. Has all new parts and support parts on it.
It has a 3 year warranty, but all the labor is me based on being installed by me.
Also, there was no debris in the pan when I dropped it the other day. None at all nor anything visible by eye in the actual oil.
I’m hoping this is not an engine change, not hard, just very timely.
But, unless this condition is acceptable or OK, think it may need new engine. Don’t think this would be in an end user repair scope. Hopefully ATK feels the same. Maybe it is was a good catch that would have prevented a catastrophic untimely failure.
Just sucks I think.