Hole in valve cover
 

Did a spin through the Smoky Mountains today. Got back to the hotel in Knoxville. Saw oil in belly pan. Grabbed a flashlight. There's a hole in my driver's side valve cover right over the rear most intake cam lobe.
No CELs. It doesn't sound terrible. It drove for quite a while, apparently, without issue with it, as I was smelling a bit of oil down in NC. Bizarre.
I'm guessing it's another case of an escaped rocker pin, but I can't image why it'd wait until 50k to fail.

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50k? Still within powertrain warranty! Keep us updated on how that goes - good luck!

Can you see the hole? Maybe a leaking cam plate. hope you get it resolved.

A hole in the cover =\= cam plate leak.

Most probably yes, failed rocker pin. Are you FI? I'm amazed to see it happen to an NA car if it is.

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On the right is the brake master cylinder. Through the hole is the rear most intake cam lobe. The hole is centered over the lobe, so the lobe pushed something against the valve cover. Cam won. Cover lost.

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Yep, that's a hole alright ....... :(

Back in the day, we would have mixed up a small batch of bondo, filled the hole ..... and hoped for the best ...... ;)


humfrz

Bondo? You barbarian.

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Well, I'll be danged ..... what won't they think of next ...... :thumbsup:


humfrz

Well it ain't new. Pretty sure at least 20% of the gas tank and fuel line on my 64 SS was made up of the stuff.

The problem isn't so much the hole as the fact that something had to have made it.

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Dealer has ordered parts. From the list it sounds like it was a rocker failure. They took pictures of the process for warranty purposes. I asked for the pictures. As soon as I get them I'll be sharing.

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One little hole and now you're an expert. :bs:

It's not the first hole I've had the privilege of interacting with.

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lol :bow::bow::bow:

Pics?






I think the censoring of your name makes this even funnier.

Parts should be in tomorrow. Then it's a matter of buttoning everything back up and going and getting it!

During assembly the tech decided to replace some more parts, so more patience. I'm glad.

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Tech got it back together. It threw a MIL for low compression on that cylinder. Yay.

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Any mods on your car and for how long? Curious to see if this is a stock car and when was your car manufactured?

It's a 2013 FR-S. I'd have to check the sticker for actual manufacturing date.
I have put brakes on the car and installed a cable to allow me to datalogger using a Tactrix without the Tactrix being under the dash. No engine mods, no intake, no exhaust, no forced induction. Just brakes and datalogging.

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Dealer delivered the car today, and the clutch is slipping. So I'm taking it to the local dealer for some more happy warranty time.

How many miles they put on it? Wonder if someone decided to learn clutch on your car.

That's a possibility.


It's totally lame, in any case.


The tech should take the car for a (short) drive before delivering it to you to pick up stuff like this.

So i know this is bringing back the dead but i have the same problem. Think you can find that parts list?

I don't think so. I've moved since then and I no longer own the car.

I actually found the paperwork today! You've got a PM.