The "Help NismoPick get his Z home" Thread
05-08-2007, 02:29 PM
#57
The cam for shizzle... I'm not sure about the towers (I'll find out when I yank the cam)... and I imagine the rockers too. I would assume if the cam lobe got ground down, it did some damage to the rocker face too.
05-08-2007, 07:47 PM
#60
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hey make sure to replace all the stuff in there. rockers, cam and towers. it will all be a mess. i got spares of stuff, but as for the rockers, if they didnt get numbered coming off the exact cam, youll have to buy new, or they will always clatter and make noise. dont ask how i found that out.
05-08-2007, 08:58 PM
#61
Originally Posted by SHADY280
hey make sure to replace all the stuff in there. rockers, cam and towers. it will all be a mess. i got spares of stuff, but as for the rockers, if they didnt get numbered coming off the exact cam, youll have to buy new, or they will always clatter and make noise. dont ask how i found that out.
The car is home... The transporter was actually a double decker semi so they had to leave the car on the street. I started it & drove it into the garage... so it still runs, and even pumped oil to the cam... now I really don't know what the prob is.
05-09-2007, 06:52 AM
#63
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the car came off the carrier at a steep angle correct?? it could be your pickup is broken or clogged, so when it was put at an angle, it was able to suck some oil that was around it. bit far fetched, but ive seen weirder things happen.
05-09-2007, 12:37 PM
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Here is the exact problem....you have a piece of something floating in your oil pan...this "thing" gets sucked up to the pickup screen and blocks the oil...when the car is turned off pressure drops as well as the "thing"....when the car came off the truck the "thing" moved away from the pickup tube and screen and now you have oil to the top of the engine....be warned...it will get sucked up again. When you find this to be true...post what it was so everyone will know I was right. 
05-09-2007, 01:17 PM
#65
Yeah... I'm prolly going to flush it really good w/ some ATF & use some new oil, prolly synthetic. Then just check how well the cam is receiving oil. I really don't want to drop the oil pan to check the pick up. 
05-09-2007, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by NismoPick
Yeah... I'm prolly going to flush it really good w/ some ATF & use some new oil, prolly synthetic. Then just check how well the cam is receiving oil. I really don't want to drop the oil pan to check the pick up.
05-09-2007, 02:36 PM
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the pickup has a large screen over it. That thing would have to be a pretty big chunk of plastic to block the oil pickup. From there the oil goes to the pump and the guage showed good pressure. I would say the problem lies in the head or cam itself.
05-09-2007, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Bleach
the pickup has a large screen over it. That thing would have to be a pretty big chunk of plastic to block the oil pickup. From there the oil goes to the pump and the guage showed good pressure. I would say the problem lies in the head or cam itself.
J/K
05-09-2007, 06:04 PM
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yeah, you mightve goten **** up in there is all, just do what you said do teh nice ATF flushing (does wonders) and make sure its coming up through to teh head and then change it back out. and see whats up.
05-09-2007, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by NismoPick
Yeah, everything will be replaced reinstalled in correct order.
The car is home... The transporter was actually a double decker semi so they had to leave the car on the street. I started it & drove it into the garage... so it still runs, and even pumped oil to the cam... now I really don't know what the prob is.
The car is home... The transporter was actually a double decker semi so they had to leave the car on the street. I started it & drove it into the garage... so it still runs, and even pumped oil to the cam... now I really don't know what the prob is.
hay, dont fergit to change out the indestructible oil pump that only lasts 200k miles.............
05-10-2007, 06:48 AM
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put msa's high pressure springs in it. if one of those is weak, it wont get oil all the way up the motor. the pump may be fine, but the springs are allowing it to bypass the pump a little. those springs are only worth 5 bux err something.
05-10-2007, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by RodMoyes
I'm thinkin' it's because his wheels are too small...
If he at least had some 17's on there he'd be OK
Sorry, couldn't resist.Rod.
If he at least had some 17's on there he'd be OK
Sorry, couldn't resist.Rod.sorry, guyz--after rethinking this one, i think i am gonna have to go with rod on this one----nis, baby--get a witch and do whatevwer she/he has to say on this subject.....yer car is possessed and needs bigger wheelz.........sorry......aint nottuin else makes sense,,,,,
06-23-2007, 06:39 PM
#75
Today I had time to work on the Z (first time that I've even wanted to work on it since MSA).
Pulled & swapped cams. Pics of the damage:
Opened up the rocker cover... oh what's that? One of the rockers not even mounted:
Carnage of the cam:
Pulled & swapped cams. Pics of the damage:
Opened up the rocker cover... oh what's that? One of the rockers not even mounted:
Carnage of the cam:
