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Well... as my post a couple of days ago said my check oil light was on and I couldnt find anythign wrong with it... I didnt drive the car just to be safe and changed the oil this morning. The car sounded fine and good, but the check oil light was still. I drove it .2 miles around the neigborhood to see if anythign unusual happened. It did, oh it did! A valve tapping noise started up and within 50 ft the car went dead. It just died right there. Anyway, I got out to pop the hood and see if I coudl see anythign and everything appeared fine.. So, I tried to crank it but the starter spun and refused to engage. So, I walked home all 1000ft or so. Got my brothers car and towed my car home.. Put it in the garage and popped the valve cover... Heres what I saw upon inspection... ....
I looked closer at the cams and notied one of them had a spot on the mount labeled E4 being the exhaust cam with no oil. It was dry and had a ceramic headers discoloration to it.. You cna see it in that pic if you look closely! I thne noticed some metal shavings around that connector... SO, I removed it... Heres what I saw..
Not good... My cam is shot...
... I dont knwo what caused this... I guess something with the oil pump caused it... I am afraid to remove the head because I have a feeling I may see more bad news... Right now I am not sure what exactly went wrong and/or happened... I can figure oil light was a good sign... I am wondering if the engine is shot or what? Give me some clues guys, ask more questions... anything! I already miss my lude


Not good... My cam is shot...
