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I was hoping to be able to post photo of the FOD removed by a local shop.
Background, and I'll try to keep the story short. Was getting a little rattle on start up every once in a while. Very sporadic. The vehicle threw a cam sensor code 2X and idle, had like a rich roll all (Lambda was good - less than 1%) No miss fire codes.
Did some research here and reviewed TSB's. The vehicle has 163,xxx miles on it. It's never had any cam work done on it or had the tensioner replaced - Soooo ... not having the time or tools or experience with doing the job on the engine I took it to a HIGHLY reputable shop. Had the tensioner replaced, asked about chain "stretch" and wear. I was talked out of doing a chain and guide replacement. Values and measurements were checked all found to be good.
FAST FORWARD 30 Days - pulled into my parking lot after driving 30 plus miles, stepped on the clutch and the vehicle died. No restart - pushed it into a parking space. Went back out during a break to do some checking, car started and ran very rough at idle but would run, codes were misfires all over the board, unresolved cam sensor and failure to fully retard during start. Anything above 1000 rpm seemed to be OK - other than the exhaust note is off of normal - more of a low and throaty tone. I determined it would run home without damage, suspecting it was a breather valve problem - high vacuum at the oil cap and ran smother with it off. Still had my concerns with cam timing and it's control. Breather valve change smoothed things out slightly - still had rattle low in the forward end of the engine during start. I brought it to another shop - with a good reputation closer to home.
During their diagnosing process, the cam bridge was removed. A spring and a few little metal bits were found in the oil galley directly below the exhaust cam. (wish I could post those pictures)
I have searched the net, and manuals available to me to find an oil circuit diagram to figure out where it came from and what it was for ? the shop I am dealing with is at a loss for where it liberated itself. Anybody know of a oil circuit schematic for an EA113 CAEB ?
Jack ? Dr Peter ? Uwe ? .... almost posted this at the bar, because I've had a couple of beers pondering over saving the patient (cost effectively) or not. Being a professional technician I know anything can be repaired with enough time and money ...
thank you
Mike
Background, and I'll try to keep the story short. Was getting a little rattle on start up every once in a while. Very sporadic. The vehicle threw a cam sensor code 2X and idle, had like a rich roll all (Lambda was good - less than 1%) No miss fire codes.
Did some research here and reviewed TSB's. The vehicle has 163,xxx miles on it. It's never had any cam work done on it or had the tensioner replaced - Soooo ... not having the time or tools or experience with doing the job on the engine I took it to a HIGHLY reputable shop. Had the tensioner replaced, asked about chain "stretch" and wear. I was talked out of doing a chain and guide replacement. Values and measurements were checked all found to be good.
FAST FORWARD 30 Days - pulled into my parking lot after driving 30 plus miles, stepped on the clutch and the vehicle died. No restart - pushed it into a parking space. Went back out during a break to do some checking, car started and ran very rough at idle but would run, codes were misfires all over the board, unresolved cam sensor and failure to fully retard during start. Anything above 1000 rpm seemed to be OK - other than the exhaust note is off of normal - more of a low and throaty tone. I determined it would run home without damage, suspecting it was a breather valve problem - high vacuum at the oil cap and ran smother with it off. Still had my concerns with cam timing and it's control. Breather valve change smoothed things out slightly - still had rattle low in the forward end of the engine during start. I brought it to another shop - with a good reputation closer to home.
During their diagnosing process, the cam bridge was removed. A spring and a few little metal bits were found in the oil galley directly below the exhaust cam. (wish I could post those pictures)
I have searched the net, and manuals available to me to find an oil circuit diagram to figure out where it came from and what it was for ? the shop I am dealing with is at a loss for where it liberated itself. Anybody know of a oil circuit schematic for an EA113 CAEB ?
Jack ? Dr Peter ? Uwe ? .... almost posted this at the bar, because I've had a couple of beers pondering over saving the patient (cost effectively) or not. Being a professional technician I know anything can be repaired with enough time and money ...
thank you
Mike
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