Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

In reply to Knurled. :

Screws fall out all the time, the world is an imperfect place.

Knurled. said:

NickD said:

Donebrokeit said:

The hell went wrong there? Fluid ingestion?

Near as I can tell, and it's hard because of the catastrophic damage, the tiny Allen head countersunk bolts (top left in the tableau of destruction) backed out of the cam actuator and then slammed into the front cam journal cap. This then jammed the gear, which ripped the teeth off, before the bolts tore or bent or broke out of the actuator. The bits of gear and bolts then went everywhere in the timing chains. The Bank 1 cams got out of timing and slammed into the valves, which then bent every valve and tore rocker arms apart and flung them everywhere. It also busted a hole in the timing cover and the bank 1 camshaft cover. Bits of metal and needle bearings everywhere.

Any time I see bolts loosen up like that, I assume that things were getting hammered by unusual shock loads/vibrations.  Like, say, being run out of oil so the actuators are empty and hammering around.

 

Fasteners don't just loosen themselves, after all.  

 

I see many of these engines with 150k+ and no problems.  The only ones I see issues with are the ones that are trained to run low on oil.

I'll make sure to tell the gentleman that when he comes down today to harangue me about why it isn't covered under the special coverage for timing chains. Especially because looking at the history, the last time it was in, the tech found it had 1(!) quart of oil in the pan and when he mentioned it to the owner, the guy said "I don't know why it would be low on oil. I do all my own oil changes and I always put 5 quarts of synthetic in." Well, 1) it leaks oil from everywhere but the radio knob and, 2) these take 6 quarts of oil

One of my favorite bodies.

I like it.

I saw this Snap On truck in Burlington VT.  Great plate!

Donebrokeit said:

 

Somebody needs to sell me one as a decoration for the living room 

914Driver said:

I like it.

Aigh! I want to beat that person insensible and take those grill bits for a 2002!!

(I do not actually want to harm anybody over car parts, but I do think those look better in their original home. Hotlink when I'm not on my phone.)

EDIT to add hotlink:

See? No BMWs were deprived in the making of this much cooler van 

Once a week I have to take the wife to work to take care of some things she can’t do from home.  The very old building their offices are in has a terrible mold problem so until it gets taken care of her department has been moved to a makeshift office in the maintenance garage.  Some lockers and storage cabinets were rearranged to square off a space, electrical and computer lines run, and this is their new space:  

Her desk:

The whole payroll/personnel dept.  There are eight of them working there inside the supply cage:

They are taking it very well considering they all used to have private offices and do to ongoing repairs their bathrooms are  in a trailer outside.

Dusterbd13-michael said:

Donebrokeit said:

 

Somebody needs to sell me one as a decoration for the living room 

  You ever play Fallout?  It started life as a special edition video game case.

Guy's selling a Chevy wagon, but what's going on with your dog?

I'm pretty sure Hyundai-Kia makes their connecting rods out of papier-mache. 2013 Elantra with 70k miles. And I've seen a dozen of their engines at my work with the same failure this year alone. And I work for GM

914Driver said:

Guy's selling a Chevy wagon, but what's going on with your dog?

Ever seen John Cusack's One Crazy Summer?