What I found inside an engine

rickles8099 · Post by **rickles8099** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:51 pm

I had recently worked on a car and upon removal of the valve cover found something that seemed rather strange. Can you spot whats wrong in this picture?

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:53 pm

huh, odd..how did it run?

ymisoqt · Post by **ymisoqt** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:56 pm

So....did you find the missing piece? lol

twkdcd595 · Post by **twkdcd595** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:57 pm

LOL, you mean thats not supposed to be under the cam instead of like the others.

rickles8099 · Post by **rickles8099** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:58 pm

Waffles;258958 wrote:huh, odd..how did it run?

the guy complained about it running slow till about 4000rpms. turns out the intake cam was off a tooth also.

ymisoqt;258960 wrote:So....did you find the missing piece? lol

yes... its chillin in there under the cam if you look closely.

ymisoqt · Post by **ymisoqt** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:00 pm

I'm on my phone...I'll pull it up on the pc when I get home. Tiny pics ftl

5thgen · Post by **5thgen** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:35 pm

those things pop out easy when tightening or loosening the adjustment nut.

it really is a crap design.