Driving without one rocker arm for 1 mile? ok?
05-16-2007, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by motorbuilt
Risk? You guys are kidding right. Its a broken rocker bolt, not a huge risk.
You could drive it 1000 miles without the pushrod/injector/plugwire on and it would be fine.
You could drive it 1000 miles without the pushrod/injector/plugwire on and it would be fine.
I wasn't kidding, I just dont see the point when there are "safer" options out there. Damage or not, it's not worth it to ME, he asked what WE thought, and gave him my opinion.
05-18-2007, 04:31 PM
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If that lifter has no load it will not properly follow the cam lobe. If its not caught and held up by the holder it can come down on a cam thats spinning around quickly and can damage the lobe of the cam, or the lifter, maybe crack the lifter and have it come apart inside the motor. Would you want a lifter bouncing around on your cam? I sure wouldnt!
Predator has a very good point.
Predator has a very good point.
05-19-2007, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 1BDWS6
I appologize if I came off with an attitude, all I'm saying is that it will not hurt anything to do it for a very short period. Is it good for an engine? No, but neither is N2O or drag racing but we still do it for very short periods. NASCAR engines lose cylinders all the time and still continue on to finish the race.... That is all. 
Yes and NASCAR engines get replaced after every race, so if some serious damage is done they don't give a **** as long as the car can still turn left.
05-20-2007, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by bww3588
i did 20 miles, up hill, both ways to and from home, in 6 foot of snow, with 4 inches of ice under me and my car with the g/f nagging and bitching because the heat wont work!
Folks, the concern about the unloaded lifter smacking its lobe while the cam's spinning are valid.
I'd pay the $ to have a towtruck move the car.
08-30-2018, 10:39 AM
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Hey I got a 2015 Chrysler Town and country van and I think it has a bad rocker arm 
08-30-2018, 11:47 AM
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That's the kind of thing you'd expect from someone who'd drive a minivan. Especially one making some kind of racket and he wants to drive it 8 hrs anyway. Part of the reason I try not to drive anywhere close to those damn things; figured out within acoupla weeks of their appearance in the early 80s, that a driver loses about 30 IQ points just stepping into one. God only knows what happens to people that are already as stooooopid as this one, posting stoooooopid Xler minivan questions on the LS1 forum. Is there such a thing as NEGATIVE IQ???
08-30-2018, 12:17 PM
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