Cam Failure

[SHOtime734]

I own a 1999 Sho i a recently started hearing a tickin noise on the left side of the moter below the valves and a mechanic took a listen and said its at the starting of the cam failure i was wondering since its knockin is it too late to get them welded or pinned and how much does it usally cost?

 

[SHOMEX]

Stop the car and dont drive it anymore, if it just started to do the ticking an experience welder can have it fixed with no problem; Theres plenty of people in this forum that could fix it for you. Price depends on the guy that will do the service but it is around $600 to $800.
Somebody will chime in to give you good advise.

 

[SHOtime734]

yea but when its the cam failure cant you feel it when you drive it my car drives fine the sound started off low now its just getting louder but the car drives fine.

 

[RonPorter]

yea but when its the cam failure cant you feel it when you drive it my car drives fine the sound started off low now its just getting louder but the car drives fine.

DON'T DRIVE IT ANYMORE!!! DON'T EVEN START IT!!

The next turn of the key can turn your engine into a boat anchor.

EDIT: I don't know where you are at in MI, but Rik Evans up around Ortonville can weld them: [email protected]

 

[Daedalus]

yea but when its the cam failure cant you feel it when you drive it my car drives fine the sound started off low now its just getting louder but the car drives fine.

Have you seen the new "Almost Cam Failure" pictures on v8sho.com? They've posted some remarkable pictures of a camshaft on it's way out that should help you understand what's going on.

What you have isn't what I personally would consider a "failure," you have a loose sprocket. Once a sprocket begins to loosen, it will quickly eat away metal from the camshaft, getting looser and looser, until it spins and you have a full cam failure and a ruined engine.

EDIT: You likely won't notice any driveability problems until it's too late. When your sprocket slips enough that the pistons strike the valves, you've already done major damage to the engine.

Get it welded ASAP! Every revolution of the engine is a throw of the dice.

 

[SHOtime734]

i have a mechanic the has done alot of shos and his shop is like 10 miles from my house do you think i can make it or no

 

[RonPorter]

i have a mechanic the has done alot of shos and his shop is like 10 miles from my house do you think i can make it or no

No way to know. Have it towed.

 

[jmpSHO]

i have a mechanic the has done alot of shos and his shop is like 10 miles from my house do you think i can make it or no

Seriously don't drive or start the car until you have the cams welded. If he is only ten miles just have it towed.

 

[SHOtime734]

thank you ill do that

 

[SHOtime734]

is it expensive to have it done

 

[kikkinasphalt]

is it expensive to have it done

your likely to be out of pocket about 1000 bucks +/-

make sure someone who knows what they are doing works on it.

v8sho.com is your friend.

 

[tqmx1]

is it expensive to have it done

It's cheeper than tryimg to round up a new engine!!

 

[SHOMEX]

Like I said before your best option is to get it done by someone that knows what theyre doing; do yourself a favor and go to www.V8sho.com and look for the list of welders close to your area.

 

[luigisho]

It runs a pretty penny depending on who does the work. If you get it welded make sure someone who really knows this issue looks at it and does the work. If something is already damaged then it's different than just getting the cams welded.

 

[SHOtime734]

i did dennys auto service in plymoth michigan i dont no much about them

 

[SHOtime734]

Cam

yea im havin rik evans out of ortonville do thanks ppl

 

[Daedalus]

Glad to help! If you're anything like myself, you'll enjoy yourself driving a welded car much more than unwelded. My SHO didn't tick, but for the two weeks I daily drove it with unwelded cams I was very nervous. Now that it's welded it's an absolute pleasure to drive.

 

[Mr95Gl]

Glad to help! If you're anything like myself, you'll enjoy yourself driving a welded car much more than unwelded. My SHO didn't tick, but for the two weeks I daily drove it with unwelded cams I was very nervous. Now that it's welded it's an absolute pleasure to drive.

I remember the first time my SHO stalled at a light, and I thought to myself ****, I can't believe my Cams just failed. Then I went into this whole rant about never getting a Gen 3 again, they're POS, etc.

I sat at that light for 20 mins, enraged, with traffic backing up now for several blocks. Took me another 5 mins to realize that I bought a SHO with welded cams! One swift turn of the key, and she started right up. Turned out to be a bad coil.

Boy did I feel like a loser.

 

[SHOtime734]

yea i got my cams welded i thought that was the tickin problem the guy said that its one of my lifters and i need to get it fixed. but he has no room to fit it in so i gotta find someone to do it and dont no how much its gonna cost.

 

[elarm1]

So he put it back together knowing the lifter was bad?