AMGSIXTHREE

Thoughts on these?
The car has 82k miles with frequent oil changes.

Spanky63

I have 109k miles on mine and had way less cam wear than this. Strange how this engine

roadkillrob

Cans look similar to others I have seen with that mileage or even better but I would say wear is normal and not concerning. Cam adjuster look like all cam adjuster, you have to look on the inside to see their condition But they all wear about the same and are likely rattling on startup at minimum with those miles but the rattle is just annoying unless they eventually stop locking and then you will get code. So they likely will go longer unless the rattle annoys you enough to fix them.

AMGSIXTHREE

I have no rattle at all. At startup or otherwise.

skullbox15

Camshafts look still in good shape. You could try putting a wrench on the front of the cam and seeing if it wobbles. That's about the only way I know of to test the adjusters without opening them.

AMGSIXTHREE

I guess I'll wait until they start making noise 🤷🏽‍♂️ .I was hoping that the front bolt holes would be visibly wallowed out if affected.

deadlyvt

its the pin hole inside the adjuster that wears, you kind of have to take them off to view the part that wears. Your cams look fine although you have to view all the lobes so hard to say for sure if you have one bad one then they that cam is shot. And even if all the cams are good, the lifters can be toast but the cams not yet worn so even that isn't a for sure thing that everything is good to go for a while

AMGSIXTHREE

Good point.
I may go back and spin it over a few times, have a look at the rest of the lobes. Or I may just push the car into the ocean. Idk.

deadlyvt

It's probably fine don't stress it too much everything wears out eventually. But yeah just check them all if they all look good and the lifters done appear collapsed or with excessive wear you are probably good. Or if you have the money while it's open upgrade the adjusters and the lifters

roadkillrob

If you look they revised the lifters and cams a few times over the years and I have seen other early cars with less wear than later cars, so it seems revisions did make wear better, if anything maybe worse up to the coated lifters which may actually help.

skullbox15

This was my worst looking adjuster plate @ 70k

AMGSIXTHREE

That's pretty beat. Was it noisy?

skullbox15

That was actually the passenger intake. I thought for sure it was drivers side intake. The sound wasn't consistent. It wasn't every cold start, but sometimes I'd hear it on warm starts. It was a nasty sound though. I figured I'd deal with it before it got worse.

AMGSIXTHREE

Engine noises can be pretty obnoxious to pinpoint, with the way the sound travels.