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 Post subject: New rockers lasted for 1000km - what went wrong?
PostPosted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:15 am 
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Please help before I burn the whole thing :furious:

My KJ has 192.000 km on the dial and just recently I rebuilt the top end of my 2.8 CRD as the old rockers bearings on the exhaust side were toast. I bought new rockers on eBay, not Jeep original stuff unfortunately as I thought I could save some money here, and installed them after proper service of the whole top i.e. porting the cylinder head to get better low-end power/torque, R-seats, eliminating any warpage of the head, proper wash, etc. Normal service items as belts, pulleys, glow plugs, filters, oil and so on. Everything was supposed to be ok.
No warning lights. I assume the oil pressure was ok -have NOT checked that with a gauge though.
The engine was running perfectly fine for about 1000km and now I experience the same issues again. The rockers are toast! :banghead:

I am thinking that the oil circulation to the top might be insufficient but then again - why did I not see a warning light of low oil pressure?
Another possible issue could be that the channels feeding the oil to the top are clogged? How to check this with the engine block in the engine bay?
Maybe the rockers were just poor quality?

As I am taking that cylinder head apart again - please comment on what I should check to make sure this issue is not repeating itself. I would not like to lift out the whole engine but if it is inevitable then I will do that.
Have you seen anything like this before?
Please comment - any help is appreciated

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 Post subject: Re: New rockers lasted for 1000km - what went wrong?
PostPosted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 6:30 am 
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I believe CaptainDean on his "clinking and clanking" thread recently removed the oil gallery plugs in the back of the head and cleaned them out. Might give it a look.


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 Post subject: Re: New rockers lasted for 1000km - what went wrong?
PostPosted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 1:02 pm 
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The oil pressure idiot light on this vehicle will not illuminate until well short of oil. Don't trust it.

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 Post subject: Re: New rockers lasted for 1000km - what went wrong?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 6:42 am 
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Thanks, guys!
I think I found the reason why the rockers died.
The cambelt tensioner seemed very "un-tense" which worries me.
I checked the timing on the cam-belt and found that the crankshaft pulley has jumped one tooth. I guess the pistons have then hit the valves and as a consequence, the rockers got the hit and died.
Well ... need to find new rockers now and triple check I have enough tension on the new cambelt.

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 Post subject: Re: New rockers lasted for 1000km - what went wrong?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 11:25 am 
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Waltsu wrote:
Thanks, guys!
I think I found the reason why the rockers died.
The cambelt tensioner seemed very "un-tense" which worries me.
I checked the timing on the cam-belt and found that the crankshaft pulley has jumped one tooth. I guess the pistons have then hit the valves and as a consequence, the rockers got the hit and died.
Well ... need to find new rockers now and triple check I have enough tension on the new cambelt.

:cry: That's sad, but at least it explains the failure.

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