whitedog
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A lawyer may care if he saw enough zeros in his paycheck. It's a silly question anyway.jasonTDI said:Better yet who cares......busy body.....
A lawyer may care if he saw enough zeros in his paycheck. It's a silly question anyway.jasonTDI said:Better yet who cares......busy body.....
dxdude, you seem to be very worried about your PD. Asking Qs around here and weighing your statistical chances of your engine blowing up will only serve to give you an ulcer. inspect the cam/lifters every 30 k miles and put some $$ aside for a possible repair. That's all you can do..rcracer said:ok thanks
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That is reassuring. I am at 92,000 and all is well. Getting ready to oeder my deluxe timing belt kit!dieselfueler said:Ok,
I've got an '04 pd with 255,000 mile still on it's OE cam and lifters.
That makes two of us!PDJetta said:That is reassuring. I am at 92,000 and all is well. Getting ready to oeder my deluxe timing belt kit!
--Nate
Yes but what exactly is acceptable wear? Certainly not even 1E... and its not even the worst one...jasonTDI said:Those look pretty darn good compared to some.
zanzabar said:Which is the one with the hole in it? 2E?
Hi Zanzabar,zanzabar said:#2 intake huh?
That's the one that looks worst on my cam too.
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=222610
(see the pic in post #2)
Is there a reason why #2 intake would wear out first? Has #2 intake lobe been the culprit on anybody else's failed PD cams?
157K and counting.. and I keep an eye on another close to 180K now.PDJetta said:That is reassuring. I am at 92,000 and all is well. Getting ready to oeder my deluxe timing belt kit!
--Nate
The cam sprocket has to be in a certain position so the tabs on that don't bind on the valve cover tabs when you lift valve cover off. IIRC there can't be any tabs in the 1-3 o'clock position, as you look at the engine from belt side.Mines got 160k and I think I have a bad cam now trying to get dam valve cover off wont come off throttle body in the way.
What am I missing to remove valve cover ? I seen in pictures others left throttle body on.