Valve spring recall - Page 7 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Ultramaroon · 03-17-2019, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ermax

Oh I see. Yeah that would be cool to see.

I realized that Crydo might get pestered about it so I removed his quote from my sig.
I hope that wasn't a problem, @Crydo. I understand your dilemma.

entaroadum · 03-17-2019, 05:50 PM

Yup, had been running perfectly. Just oil + filters. Then about 3 week ago cruising along at <3000 rpm: audible misfire, really rough idle then stalled. It cranked but did not start.

I got it towed home (it was already dark) then next morning found small oil poodle on the skid plate with what appeared to be some kind of roller bearing pins (probably from rocker arms). I then got it towed to the dealer as if it's recall related I might be getting a free new engine. If not then I'll rebuild it myself.

Ultramaroon · 03-17-2019, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by entaroadum

Yup, had been running perfectly. Just oil + filters. Then about 3 week ago cruising along at <3000 rpm: audible misfire, really rough idle then stalled. It cranked but did not start.

I got it towed home (it was already dark) then next morning found small oil poodle on the skid plate with what appeared to be some kind of roller bearing pins (probably from rocker arms). I then got it towed to the dealer as if it's recall related I might be getting a free new engine. If not then I'll rebuild it myself.

Sounds suspiciously like... It shouldn't take them three weeks to see if a valve spring broke.

Very interesting. How many miles on it?

entaroadum · 03-17-2019, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Sounds suspiciously like... It shouldn't take them three weeks to see if a valve spring broke.

Very interesting. How many miles on it?

Well to be fair to them, 1 of those weeks was holidays here so they didn't work on those days. Then there's been a lot of back and forth because the car was originally not imported by them.

But they've finally agreed to check and take care of it IF it is indeed valve spring related.

Car has 42k miles

Ultramaroon · 03-18-2019, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by entaroadum

Car has 42k miles

Keep us posted.

humfrz · 03-18-2019, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by entaroadum

Well to be fair to them, 1 of those weeks was holidays here so they didn't work on those days. Then there's been a lot of back and forth because the car was originally not imported by them.

But they've finally agreed to check and take care of it IF it is indeed valve spring related.

Car has 42k miles

UGH! Sounds messy - good luck -

humfrz

MuseChaser · 03-18-2019, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by entaroadum

... then next morning found small oil poodle on the skid plate....

That sounds bad, but at least it wasn't a large greased schnauzer on your tie rod....

entaroadum · 04-01-2019, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Keep us posted.

It took a while but finally have a diagnosis. No spring failure, apparently rocker(s) ejected itself into the valve cover.

Should I be worried about this happening again after engine is fixed?

Album: https://imgur.com/a/a3PHSLO

ermax · 04-01-2019, 11:46 AM

I guess your image link was killed by the sensor.

ybotspawn · 04-01-2019, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by entaroadum

It took a while but finally have a diagnosis. No spring failure, apparently rocker(s) ejected itself into the valve cover.

Should I be worried about this happening again after engine is fixed?

Album: https://imgur.com/a/a3PHSLO

Perfectly normal...

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Ultramaroon · 04-01-2019, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by entaroadum

It took a while but finally have a diagnosis. No spring failure, apparently rocker(s) ejected itself into the valve cover.

Should I be worried about this happening again after engine is fixed?

The procedure to replace that rocker involves all the same scraping and sealing that is done for this spring recall. If anything, that's what I'd sweat. :/

JD001 · 04-05-2019, 05:06 PM

Just received a recall letter... Quote "It has been found that the engine cylinder head valve springs may fracture, at worst case possibly causing the engine to stall.".

humfrz · 04-05-2019, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

Just received a recall letter... Quote "It has been found that the engine cylinder head valve springs may fracture, at worst case possibly causing the engine to stall.".

OK, so - take it into a dealer and your local Bubba will "fix" it so it won't just "stall" anymore -

humfrz

JD001 · 04-06-2019, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

OK, so - take it into a dealer and your local Bubba will "fix" it so it won't just "stall" anymore -

humfrz

Humfrz, you'll be pleased to hear that my car is booked in for open heart surgery.. The service manager informed me that about 1000 spring kits have been allocated for the UK, covering BRZ/GT86, Forester, Impreza, Legacy/Outback and XV cars.

Has anyone taken the opportunity to switch the camshafts for something more interesting such as the HKS/Piper cams?

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03-17-2019, 05:50 PM	#86
entaroadum Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Drives: 2013 Subaru BRZ Location: Panama Posts: 25 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yup, had been running perfectly. Just oil + filters. Then about 3 week ago cruising along at <3000 rpm: audible misfire, really rough idle then stalled. It cranked but did not start. I got it towed home (it was already dark) then next morning found small oil poodle on the skid plate with what appeared to be some kind of roller bearing pins (probably from rocker arms). I then got it towed to the dealer as if it's recall related I might be getting a free new engine. If not then I'll rebuild it myself.

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JD001 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Drives: Subaru BRZ Location: UK Posts: 6,028 Thanks: 7,652 Thanked 6,187 Times in 3,474 Posts Mentioned: 25 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Just received a recall letter... Quote "It has been found that the engine cylinder head valve springs may fracture, at worst case possibly causing the engine to stall.".

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