Obviously further tear down is required to establish the failure path.. "Something" caused the cam to stop while the engine was under power.. certainly.. I can not conceive the cam gear simply "failed on it's own" from fatigue.
More pictures as it comes apart please.. you have my interest here.. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Valve hitting a piston? > > Seized camshaft? > > Man, that looks nasty. Looks like you might need a complete head with a > cam. Rather catastrophic and not a good day for that engine. > > Dan > > > > > On May 21, 2016, at 5:10 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I removed the valve cover and this is what I find. Any theories as to > what would have caused this? > > > > <image1.JPG> > > <image2.JPG> > > <image3.JPG> > > <image4.JPG> > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone_______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
