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Front Cam Seized

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Hammy1105

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After about 4 months with my car in the shop getting the 3l swap done, I finally got my car out and running last week, only for the front cam to seize up on me yesterday...
Does anyone know what could have caused this?
 
What part of this thread has anything to do with "maintenance"??

its a trouble you have, so you place it in..... hmm.. "trouble"shooting, maybe?
 
Yea awesome mechanic! Tell him congrats on making your powertrain a heavy paper weight. Why ppl don't ship their cars to reputable CEGers I'll never know.
 
Yea, I realize I made a mistake after I took my vehicle to him, but seriously, give me the full spectrum, what did he **** up and how did he do it, and is it fixable without replacing the engine?
 
There must have been a tolerance varience between cam caps.

Basically it sounds like a large cam journal was matched on accident with a small bore cam cap. That isn't going to last long... you can turn them BY HAND if they are installed correctly! That's after you torque them too.

Pull that valve cover and pull the cam to see which one seized up. Better yet, have the mechanic do it and bring your lawyer. Time to get some money back.

ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE PROBLEM?

If the motor is seized your will not be able to move it at all. Remember the timing chain is holding that cam too.
Can you turn the crank with a wrench by hand?? I can turn mine with a 3/8" ratched (serpentine belt removed!).
That's all 6 pistons and 4 cams being turned by my wimpy arms.
 
Or maybe the guy pulled the pulley off for some strange reason and it's spinning because it wasn't put back on correctly.
 
I'll post some pics when I get back into town and can see my car, but I talked to him today and without directly asking about the cam caps, he said he didnt switch the cam caps.
What he claimed is that the journals did not get correct lubrication because there must be a blockage in an oil passage.
 
Total BS. Oil is under lots of pressure and will force most any blockage out of the way. Caps were definitely installed improperly.
 
Hammy1105 said:
I'll post some pics when I get back into town and can see my car, but I talked to him today and without directly asking about the cam caps, he said he didnt switch the cam caps.
What he claimed is that the journals did not get correct lubrication because there must be a blockage in an oil passage.
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sounds like a scapegoat that he thinks will sound "technical enough" to clear him and pass the buck back on to you.
 
You have duplicate pics. Need more pics of cap with WP pully. Also he has enough RTV smeared around it wouldn't be surprising if it did clog a passage. Just look at it where the bracket near the WP pully attaches to the head. No reason to have any RTV there. At the top yes but not where the gasket goes. Who knows how much he used on the timing cover.
 
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