Damn!!!! Help
05-15-2007, 08:20 PM
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Damn!!!! Help Ok guys I was having a cam installed. On the dyno the oil pressure dropped to almost nothing. Car was shut off. Guess It is a spun cam bearing. Would it be a better Idea to get a new shortblock then fix the bearing. What would you guys do. Give me some ideas keeping the price down if it can be done.
05-15-2007, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by formula001
Yeah I will have it checked out just planning for the worst. Just going off of what the shop told me for now until I get it home.
05-15-2007, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by formula001
The shop installed it.
did they tell you it spun a bearing? i would have made them check..they installed the cam..something dosnt sound rite to me
how many miles on ur car?
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05-15-2007, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by formula001
Yeah who knows. All I was told was that they think thats what the problem was and it would be like 3 grand to replace the cam bearings or I would need to get a new shortblock. The car is still there as of right now.
they THINK? i dont pay a shop to THINK.. i pay them to know what they are doing, and do the job professionally..this is why i like doing the work myself... or if i do take it to a shop.. i stay there the whole time car is being worked on... just the way i am... i have a feeling they didnt get ur o-ring on rite, and something happned there with ur oil pump... the least they can do is take the oil pump off, WITH YOU THERE.. and check to see if it got pinched or something... if you have them work on it and u are not there.. then most likly they wont fix it.. and say that you need a new motor...
05-15-2007, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by the_merv
$3K for fixing Cam Bearings...**** that's half of my Stroker project... 
How soon after it was installed did it go on the Dyno..?
How soon after it was installed did it go on the Dyno..?
the question is..did it even get on the dyno?
where u there when this happned formula001?
05-15-2007, 11:04 PM
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I am planning on having them recheck everything. I mean they are most likely still going to try and charge me for a full dyno tune when we both know it was not on the dyno for that long. Who knows what will happen I guess I will have to wait until tomorrow
05-15-2007, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by formula001
I am planning on having them recheck everything. I mean they are most likely still going to try and charge me for a full dyno tune when we both know it was not on the dyno for that long. Who knows what will happen I guess I will have to wait until tomorrow
05-15-2007, 11:08 PM
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No I was not there. I live about an hour or so away from the shop. I got a phone call from them telling me I had to sign a waiver before they put it on the dyno. So I figure that is normal procedures and they fax one over to me. Then about an hour or two later I get a phone call telling me what had happened.
Last edited by formula001; 05-15-2007 at 11:40 PM.
05-15-2007, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by the_merv
My question was how long did the car run after the Cam was installed.. did they put it in and throw it right on the Dyno?
I am not sure I gave them my car on Thursday and it was just tuned today. They said something about it has been running for the last couple days fine or something along those lines
Last edited by formula001; 05-15-2007 at 11:41 PM.