My own personnel view .. and bear in mind Hartech know far more about engines than i do ..
Im of the opinion the engine has had some work done in the past , to have almost no wear on the cam slippers is a bit strange at that milage .
I would expect them to be worn .. not to the point of totally had it but appreciatable wear , and that is dependant on a lot of conditions .
This design btw was only used for a few years untill it switched to vario cam plus .. so a totally different system... which im sure you know .. but for others ..
The slippers are pretty short and so will wear faster than say a chain guide ...
Hence im suprised at almost no wear .
It doesnt really matter anyways , your Mechanic says they are good so thats excellent news.
second thing puzzleing me .. you had a poor idle for many years ? and this was down to this cam solinoid .. no misfire faults over that time period ?
No other symptoms ?
My usual experience with these is either burning out or flagging misfire faults .. to have no fault codes over such a long time is something new for me .. so im just confirming .. poor idle but no other symptoms ?
Im learning basically for the future ... the more i learn the more it helps others :thumb:
Im of the opinion the engine has had some work done in the past , to have almost no wear on the cam slippers is a bit strange at that milage .
I would expect them to be worn .. not to the point of totally had it but appreciatable wear , and that is dependant on a lot of conditions .
This design btw was only used for a few years untill it switched to vario cam plus .. so a totally different system... which im sure you know .. but for others ..
The slippers are pretty short and so will wear faster than say a chain guide ...
Hence im suprised at almost no wear .
It doesnt really matter anyways , your Mechanic says they are good so thats excellent news.
second thing puzzleing me .. you had a poor idle for many years ? and this was down to this cam solinoid .. no misfire faults over that time period ?
No other symptoms ?
My usual experience with these is either burning out or flagging misfire faults .. to have no fault codes over such a long time is something new for me .. so im just confirming .. poor idle but no other symptoms ?
Im learning basically for the future ... the more i learn the more it helps others :thumb: