listen to this......

went to take the bubble for a spin...break it in and break in the clutch...im cruising doin like 80....after about 15 mins of driving...i smell smoke...like oil is burning...so im like wtf...this **** has new seals and gaskets everywhere...as im pulling off the exit the **** cuts off...when i pop the hood i look the the timing belt...its still nice and tight...then i look at the cams...they all ****ed up...


then i break the head down (cam caps n cams) and notice the intake cam rail by the camgear is brown and dry...like its been burned...now im like wtf...the cams were grinding into the head...here r the pix...wtf ....i cant win...






YES!!!!!! i used plenty of assembly lube...and YES!!! i torqued everythign down right....

 

maybe no oil pressure or clogged oil pickup?

 

just only that one side of the head was dry...everything else was oiled up

 

sounds like time for a line bore. It could be a case of having the belts too tight too.

 

i think maybe the timing belt vwas too tight...

 

holy crap never seen this before?!!? that bazaar

 

i never saw...i never saw this b4 either.....**** sux...

 

timing belt was too tight....i agree it was pulling down too hard on the cam gear side of your cams causing that extra friction

 

or also could have been if you put in new bearings you mixed the top with the bottom and plugged the oil passage

 

looks like oil pressure was lost. i has something similar to that happen to me. did your oil light pop on? when you have no oil pressure that typically is what causes the cams to gouge the head like that.

 

ouch that sux..id say it was the timing belt too.

 

i agree

 

damn...this sux....i burned up my head cuz i tightened the belt too damn tight...it was pretty tight too...after i did the belt i said to myself this may be too tight....but i didnt think there was a such as too tight

 

no oil light...the pump n sensor are fresh...

 

yea i put new bearings...but i had that looked over after me by a machine shop...

 

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