Worn cam jornal

[ScottyCBoy at aol.com]

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The rearmost cam journal is also the furthest from the oil pump,any
correlation? I suspect that oil at that cam journal is hottest, dirtiest, and at a much
lower pressure.



Scott

In a message dated 6/2/03 1:24:54 PM Central Daylight Time,
DGraber460 at aol.com writes:


>
> The responses I've seen up to now say the head is not repairable. I don't
> know for sure, I just read that the cam journals are line bored, and not
> "redoable".
>
> Funny thing, I found the same thing when I put a big valve cam in my car
> (URQ WX). The rear most cam journal was grooved and worrisome. I smothed it out
> with various pads, and put it together, thinking what have I got to lose. So
> far no problem, but I don't think I would take the car cross country.
> Anyone else found this?
>
> Dennis
> Denver