As some of you may remember I was having problems with my car's engine.
Basically I was getting a misfire everytime I hit 4,500-5,000rpm in the higher gears.
Roush Europe tried everything (changing coils like I first did in the US, injectors, plugs, plug gaps, tune) to no avail....
Today they decided to check the intake cam timing, to see if the fault was lying there...
So they opened the cam cover to find the rocker and a part of that rockers bearing belonging to one of the LH bank of cylinders lying in the top of the head.
The pin that normally locates it cannot be seen and is likely to have dropped down the drain back holes. There is damage to the cam lobe as can be seen in the attached pictures and the rocker has obviously taken quite a hit as there is a crack in it.
OK so next steps:
The cam needs to be replaced. The engine needs to be removed to do this and to time up the new cam correctly. Whilst out the engine needs to be inspected to find the other missing parts. They will need to check that the valve is not bent too.
Assuming that the valve is not bent the repair will be limited to a new cam, follower and the various gaskets and consumables required to finish the job, they should not need to remove the cylinder head. At Roush they can inspect the internals of the engine with a bore scope.
Warranty issues.... well At Roush they told me that since the car was first registered in the US I should contact the dealer that 1st sold the car and try to have them log the claim to Ford.
Roush Europe being the official importer for Europe and authorized dealer it should not be an issue.
How do I find out who sold the car? How do I go about this claim? Roush said they are willing and ready to put everything on paper to help me.
On my paper trail there should also be the 2 coils that were replaced last Summer in North Carolina as I was having the first misfiring issues.
Thanks again for your help.
Cheers
Matteo
Basically I was getting a misfire everytime I hit 4,500-5,000rpm in the higher gears.
Roush Europe tried everything (changing coils like I first did in the US, injectors, plugs, plug gaps, tune) to no avail....
Today they decided to check the intake cam timing, to see if the fault was lying there...
So they opened the cam cover to find the rocker and a part of that rockers bearing belonging to one of the LH bank of cylinders lying in the top of the head.
The pin that normally locates it cannot be seen and is likely to have dropped down the drain back holes. There is damage to the cam lobe as can be seen in the attached pictures and the rocker has obviously taken quite a hit as there is a crack in it.
OK so next steps:
The cam needs to be replaced. The engine needs to be removed to do this and to time up the new cam correctly. Whilst out the engine needs to be inspected to find the other missing parts. They will need to check that the valve is not bent too.
Assuming that the valve is not bent the repair will be limited to a new cam, follower and the various gaskets and consumables required to finish the job, they should not need to remove the cylinder head. At Roush they can inspect the internals of the engine with a bore scope.
Warranty issues.... well At Roush they told me that since the car was first registered in the US I should contact the dealer that 1st sold the car and try to have them log the claim to Ford.
Roush Europe being the official importer for Europe and authorized dealer it should not be an issue.
How do I find out who sold the car? How do I go about this claim? Roush said they are willing and ready to put everything on paper to help me.
On my paper trail there should also be the 2 coils that were replaced last Summer in North Carolina as I was having the first misfiring issues.
Thanks again for your help.
Cheers
Matteo
