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interesting.. when we pulled my motor down for a freshen up, we found all 6 cam cover baffle bolts from one side in the sump. Amazingly they seem to have done no serious damage to anything (some marks on one of the cam shafts, but engineers have pronounced it fine.

Wonder how commonly this happens.

Sounds like the builder didnt re-torque after pulling the cams down to compress the valve springs. If it were a design flaw there would be hundreds of factory standard engines around with the cam bolts in the sump.

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Sounds like the builder didnt re-torque after pulling the cams down to compress the valve springs. If it were a design flaw there would be hundreds of factory standard engines around with the cam bolts in the sump.

what do cam cover baffle bolts have anything to do with what you just said? *im confused*

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"The workshop that built the motor removed that mesh filter and ran a straight pipe. I have no idea why"

please explain?

from what i heard it was advised that the sump/pickup was of a very inferior design and was a reason for previous failures, and it should not be used..this was disregarded, the "filter" i was told had nothing in it and was simply replaced with a -12 hose. since an empty filter housing will not filter and can create a restriction.

unfortunatly at the end of the day, if the sump and or pick up was "allowed" to be modified to the standards of the workshop in question, this would still be going..

also a picture of the oil pickup installed in the sump will explain allot to those people who are struggling to grasp the nature of the failure.

im sure the workshop who built the motor would of not installed the rocker covers with bolts broken off. it almost sounds that you are insinuating sabotage? mayby someone pulled the covers of, broke the heads of and then added them later at an oil change? please..

i get the impression that this is a very one sided debate with not all the facts out on the table. like i said. a picture is 1000 words.

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