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Had a slight valve cover seep and decided to change them out, as I'm the third owner and was unsure about if the car had the updated head bolts today was like winning the lottery!! Lol... just gonna run the part numbers on the cams to see if they've been updated aswell, all tho all the lobs looks perfect

roadkillrob

Cams have never been updated, you order brand new ones and they have the same part number as they did 10 years ago (and same problems). I don't see any lobe tips in your pic (except the one with too much glare from the flashlight) so hard to tell if they look good or not.

Lifters have an updated part they should look grey instead of shiny if they have been updated.

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Heres a lobe pic.. not bad i thought? Lifter are shiny and also look good... sorry was under the impression 08-10/11 that some had (soft) cams... that was what i was commenting on?

deadlyvt

They do, and the 12-15 all have “soft” cams haha

roadkillrob

That one looks pretty good a bit hard to tell but not seeing the tell tale concentric circles where it wears through the layers.

roadkillrob

You are right, 4 version of each cam and they still all wear out and fixed it (maybe) with coated lifters to stop the wear. Would be nice to know what all the changes were. My 14 has the current part number and they had a little wear on them after 35k miles.

100 CAMSHAFT
INLET LEFT
Replaced by: A 156 050 27 01 001 A 15 605 019 01 - - 100 CAMSHAFT
INLET LEFT
Replaced by: A 156 050 39 01 001 A 15 605 027 01 - - 100 CAMSHAFT
INLET LEFT
Replaced by: A 156 050 43 01 001 A 15 605 039 01 - - 100 CAMSHAFT
INLET LEFT 001 A 15 605 043 01

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Thanks for you input gents!! Car has 117k kms on it, I only drive it a few times a week if that! Tho covid has ultra94 at an all time low, its seems I'm filling it more then my work trucks... lol