03-18-2012, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by UNYboater
What's my risk being out of spec like that? It seems to be running great...
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Problem is that whatever is causing the car to be out of spec is going to get worse, not better.................
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03-18-2012, 10:11 AM
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VarioCam chain pads worn out? 
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03-18-2012, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by BYprodriver
VarioCam chain pads worn out?
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Any way to find out short of a tear-down?
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03-19-2012, 03:28 AM
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Any way to find out short of a tear-down?
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Unless you have accumulated plastic shards in the oil sump, no. And even if you have got shards, you still don't know which pads/paddles need to come out until you look at them. Quite often on five chain motors the smaller paddles between the cams are the issue. But you still have to look.............
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Last edited by JFP in PA; 03-19-2012 at 03:31 AM.
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03-19-2012, 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by JFP in PA
Unless you have accumulated plastic shards in the oil sump, no. And even if you have got shards, you still don't know which pads/paddles need to come out until you look at them. Quite often on five chain motors the smaller paddles between the cams are the issue. But you still have to look.............
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holy crap... and I bet you can't find out which chain is the culprit just by looking at them. This is not good news... I've had it. I'll sit and watch this thread for a bit
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03-19-2012, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by madmods
holy crap... and I bet you can't find out which chain is the culprit just by looking at them. This is not good news... I've had it. I'll sit and watch this thread for a bit
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Actually, yes you can see which chain paddle wear pad is beat, often it is more than one. The plastic wear pads were meant to do just that: Absorb the wear rather than have metal to metal wear, which would have circulated through the engine and killed the bearings. You can see obvious wear on the pads posted above by ProDriver, the two on the left are toast.....
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03-20-2012, 02:31 AM
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Subscribed and added to the to-do list. 
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03-19-2012, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by JFP in PA
Unless you have accumulated plastic shards in the oil sump, no. And even if you have got shards, you still don't know which pads/paddles need to come out until you look at them. Quite often on five chain motors the smaller paddles between the cams are the issue. But you still have to look.............
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I changed the oil & filter this weekend, nothing in the filter except a small glump (technical term) of what looked & felt like white sealer. It was still pliable, maybe a little over 1/8" long & smaller wide. Oil was clean with nothing in the bottom of the catch basin. I guess it's time to pull out the Bentley to see what I'm in for.
Madmods, this will be a DIY project; I haven't found much that wasn't on this thing!
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08-29-2013, 04:19 AM
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