lost a cyl.. took off valve cover to find cam follower fell off...anyone have thoughts?????:shrug:
why did my cam follower fall off???????
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Fairly rare occurrence but it has happened on some cars.
Not much to go on though with the amount of information posted.
I am assuming passenger side?:shrug:
Which cylinder?:shrug:
How did you know which side cover to take off?:shrug:
What test were done?:shrug:
help me out ,,it was the leftside #2 cyl from the front looking down at the head it was the bottom right rocker
#2 is the second cylinder from the front on the passenger side.
A "bottom rocker" is an exhaust valve rocker.
One exhaust follower popping off, by itself will not cause...
Check to make sure the valve spring is undamaged, and that the valve articulates and returns to seat while the engine is cranked.
A bent valve will sometimes spit a follower off. Make sure you do not have any lower end damage that could have allowed piston to valve contact.
I also asked some questions that I STILL need answers to if I'm going to be able to provide any help.
How did you know which side cover to take off?
What tests were done?
A compression test?
A leak down test?
Did you just deactivate coils until there was no change in the skip?
What sort of activity was the car seeing just prior to the problem?
Put it back on, put the V/C back on and fire it up. See if it stays put, and see if the skip is gone.
I think you may have bigger problems than a follower kicking off.
These things will still run skip free with one exhaust valve functioning.:dw:
where do i start..car has 213,000 miles...electric motor for blower stop working ,my guess was 160,000 miles ago..intercooler got clogged with oil .car just makes funny noises..removed blower .cleaned everything,replaced pump.. problem no fire in cyl,,pulled cover just for the hell of it,,ive broken followers on my 2.3 turbo coupe from red line....the valve appears to look fine the spring looks like all the others...the only mark is on the follower itself when if came off can i pull the lifter out with plyers like an old school engine? also under valve cover all parts look like brand new..0% build-up .no need to clean at all
i have a headache.
213,000 miles?
Time for a rebuild.
If your too poor for a rebuild just leave the follower off.
you still have one functioning exhaust valve. LOL
Time for a rebuild.
If your too poor for a rebuild just leave the follower off.
you still have one functioning exhaust valve. LOL
I broke this up to try and make sense of VERY DIFFICULT to read MESS!
Don't pull the lash adjuster.
Put it back together.
Run it. See if you still have a skip.
If you do it's time for a leak down test, or at the very least a compression test.
It could be as simple as a bad coil, :dw: but I highly doubt it.
I'll be surprized as hell if you don't have a hurt piston/pistons, from detonation as a result of 53K miles of driving with no intercooler pump.:nonono:
how to tell if lifter is collasped???
if i squeeze with plyers can movement be seen
if i squeeze with plyers can movement be seen
I smell BS.
just replaced lifter
car runs perfect...and no bs here 213,000 miles is 100% true and other than head recall this is my first major problem..
car runs perfect...and no bs here 213,000 miles is 100% true and other than head recall this is my first major problem..
any pics, I would like to see how the interior has faired after that many miles and what else have you had to replace.
no pics to post.
drivers seat has a small tear where you slide into seat,,gear shift knob has a hole starting...not to metion all those cigs .. burns....
parts replaced...alt...starter,,,throttlebody,,,throwout bearing..upgrade to 373 gears...drivers side window motor...rest of car is stock..if you want to pm me ill send pics by phone???????/
drivers seat has a small tear where you slide into seat,,gear shift knob has a hole starting...not to metion all those cigs .. burns....
parts replaced...alt...starter,,,throttlebody,,,throwout bearing..upgrade to 373 gears...drivers side window motor...rest of car is stock..if you want to pm me ill send pics by phone???????/
Damn cars have no lifters.....
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in my old NPI head i had that problem often, bad valve springs, swapped the heads and valvetrain out with 100% new PI parts and it fixed the problem. now i have different heads again but its all aftermarket stuff
They have lash adjusters/tappets, a lot of people call them lifters even though they do no lifting.
I have worked on a few 4-valve cars that dropped a roller finger follower. It was caused by the owners dancing on the rev limiter all the time.( not saying thats what you did) I have also seen them off from the factory like on beefcake(terry) 04 cobra.
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that other guy must work where i brought my lash adjuster,,,they say the 4.6 supercharged engine uses a different adjuster..ford says they are the same
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