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Originally Posted by vobla6.0
Using intuition and my educational background so far... (mechanical engineering).... I would think they would subject components of the engine ( the cam gears/oil valve) to loads until they fail... (to see at what stresses/forces/#cycles these things fail). I believe what they want to see is if the materials used are on par with specifications (If they are not it might result in recall/lawsuits/legal action)... as materials in your car should have a certain critical stress force/# cycles at which they fail... its just that these specs shoudl be up to par with whatever they were planned out to be for the car in the first place.
I would think this would involve fatigue testing (repeatedly applying load/given stress to gear and counting # cycles until failure) for the cam gears.. plus other tests (there are many types of tests that can be generalized as stress tests)
If this is the case they are providing you with new parts... but I also understand them doing post production quality checks on your brand new car is nowhere near reassuring...especially if this is as widespread of an issue (50-60 members on this board alone have reported)... you'd expect engineers to do their job before ever selling anything
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Dang while I hope not, it would be nice to have the issue solved permanently and have a solution for all of us. That being said if my motor or car is going through that, and I find out tomorrow. I may pop my lid. So If you see a mushroom cloud in the south east of the country that would be me exploding.
Also thank you for clearing that up because honestly I just turn a key shift gears and press the gas. The rest is someone else job.