Check the vacuum pump, if it sheds chunks it usually breaks the chain,
but if the cam gear was bad, a suddenly locked chain could fracture it.
Knocking before failure sounds more like a cracked camshaft sprocket
though.
I don't think this is a common failure....
Peter
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