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I finally found the time to remove my old cam adjusters. Do you think my intake cams look okay to reuse? I personally think they look fine and are identical in wear to the exhaust cams but I'd appreciate second opinions. Thanks!
They look better than mine did @ 95,000klm.
I replaced the bucket lifters and cam adjustment plates (63motorsport) and engine now 110K/klm has been purring since like normal.
Maybe best to provide photos of the cam lobes in good enough definition to make a good judgement.
I will update with more pictures tomorrow after work.
Originally Posted by skullbox15
From what I can see they look good. How many miles and what year is the car?
Car is 2014 with 62k on the clock. I'll take more pictures tomorrow!
Originally Posted by Cwagon
They look better than mine did @ 95,000klm.
I replaced the bucket lifters and cam adjustment plates (63motorsport) and engine now 110K/klm has been purring since like normal.
That's awesome to hear! Not that yours were worn haha. I'm doing the same thing right now. I don't mind spending the money if they're needed which means doing the job once, but if they're good it would be nice to save some money on oem cams. It's a shame there isn't an affordable upgrade yet.
Mine is a 2014 as well. The 2014 (maybe other facelift models too) have the valve springs from the SLS so our models have more wear than the previous years. I checked mine around the same mileage as yours and stuck with them. I did end up doing the same thing as Cwagon. Motor is super quite now!
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