joluma09 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 camshaft on passenger side doesn't spin while car is at idle. any ideas? car starts perfect,no weird noises.thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialWarr Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I would have to say that it may be a broken shaft or pulley but then the car must sound like crap in either case and have no power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joluma09 Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 I would have to say that it may be a broken shaft or pulley but then the car must sound like crap in either case and have no power. thats the weird thing,no weird noise during idle or anything. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixinto Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 how do you know the passenger cam isn't spinning at idle? that is the strangest thing i have ever heard. there would be bad joo joo if that were the case because the pistons are still moving, the only way it wouldn't hit the valves is if all were closed, in that case power / idle would be very different than normal. the only way i can think of it not spinning and not have a ton of clatter is if the follower holder was never torqued down to put pressure on the cam lobes and open the valve. /shrug you got me on this one unless something is going on under the timing cover, in which case, the idle / power would suffer again. so i have no idea. interesting and yet just so very wrong. lol Pat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCWD21 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 So what you're saying is that you either have the valve cover off or you've removed your upper timing belt cover and then discovered this? If it's not actually turning the cam then you either have a sheared cam pulley pin or a broken cam before the first set of lobes on that cam. Can you possibly take a video of it doing this? I've never heard of a v* engine being able to run "normal" with only one bank producing power. I'd assume if it did run at all that it would struggle and run at a very inconsistent and very low rpm. Being very familiar with engines I have never heard of anything like this. I have managed to get a vg30e to idle as low as 250 rpm out of sheer curiosity but that was a flawless engine that had everything maintenance wise done to it all at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixinto Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 So what you're saying is that you either have the valve cover off or you've removed your upper timing belt cover and then discovered this? If it's not actually turning the cam then you either have a sheared cam pulley pin or a broken cam before the first set of lobes on that cam. Can you possibly take a video of it doing this? I've never heard of a v* engine being able to run "normal" with only one bank producing power. I'd assume if it did run at all that it would struggle and run at a very inconsistent and very low rpm. Being very familiar with engines I have never heard of anything like this. I have managed to get a vg30e to idle as low as 250 rpm out of sheer curiosity but that was a flawless engine that had everything maintenance wise done to it all at once. Ya i havent heard anything like it either, it is starting to smell an awful lot like a miscommunication or some simple trolling or something. im not sure our motors would run off of one bank. and if his cam really isn't spinning his valves would be smashed to bits. probably a troll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCWD21 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Time will tell.. I hope its real though.. I don't understand why someone would troll a forum like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I'm thinking he just mis-spoke/mis-identified something. We know if that was the case, it wouldn't run 'normal'. Joluma, do you have an update? Not putting you on the spot, just want to figure it out... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCWD21 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I'm curious as to what is actually going on with the pathy. If it's something major we're here to help. Post some pics if you can. It might help clear things up some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joluma09 Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Update.been super busy and haven't been able to get on here. just like PRECISE1 said,i spoke to soon and was totally looking at something else. SORRY FOR WASTING ANYONE'S TIME. Everything is back to normal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialWarr Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 LOL... and there is a lot of that when a person is under the hood looking at all that stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverton Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I'd put money it was the magnetoclutch for the AC compressor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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