lito
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Today I decided to use it to pick up my daughter from a friend's house.
Started nice, let it warm for a couple of mins and when I went to move it... pam pam pam PLUM PLUM PLUM!!!! heavily in the engine.
Shutted it down quick, took the DD and grabbed a toolbox on my way back.
Here is what I've found:
Debris in the valve cover:
Other side looks good still:
I am so sick of this car giving me troubles, these phasers were torqued to Paschal's spec with loctite.
Plan is:
- scope inside for damage and clean as possible, if everything looks ok?
- Ford phasers with lockouts.
- try to align the broken phaser at zero to mark a link for the swap.
- run it and change oil and filter
- may have to take the k-member out soon for mods and remove the pan and clean some more.
Will try to go ahead with this without having to remove the whole thing out, won't even take the front cover off, I am so tired of this damn car that if I would need to take the engine out I may take one stock longblock I have at the shop, demod it and off it goes.
Only hoping that the PTV contact was not as hard that damaged a valve(s), these heads have only 200miles on them, this is the third set, first ones (livernois stage2)melted from a lubrication issue, took the motor with them, second set (livernois stage3) came with defective guides from them, these ones are FRPP CNC base ones with stock valves.
Started nice, let it warm for a couple of mins and when I went to move it... pam pam pam PLUM PLUM PLUM!!!! heavily in the engine.
Shutted it down quick, took the DD and grabbed a toolbox on my way back.
Here is what I've found:
Debris in the valve cover:
Other side looks good still:
I am so sick of this car giving me troubles, these phasers were torqued to Paschal's spec with loctite.
Plan is:
- scope inside for damage and clean as possible, if everything looks ok?
- Ford phasers with lockouts.
- try to align the broken phaser at zero to mark a link for the swap.
- run it and change oil and filter
- may have to take the k-member out soon for mods and remove the pan and clean some more.
Will try to go ahead with this without having to remove the whole thing out, won't even take the front cover off, I am so tired of this damn car that if I would need to take the engine out I may take one stock longblock I have at the shop, demod it and off it goes.
Only hoping that the PTV contact was not as hard that damaged a valve(s), these heads have only 200miles on them, this is the third set, first ones (livernois stage2)melted from a lubrication issue, took the motor with them, second set (livernois stage3) came with defective guides from them, these ones are FRPP CNC base ones with stock valves.
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