Adi Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Hello all.... Yesterday i had removed the valve cover of my 110's engine to replace the gasket...on close examination i noticed small undercutting by the spindles into the block(circled in red). looked from the other side, the undercuts looked 'old' and the spindles dint have any aberations, alls running fine and i know the maxim "If its running dont booger with it" ...but i am curious to know, has any one seen this before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Ah, pushrods! I doubt that it is the pushrods hitting the head - if it is then there will be fresh marks indicating this, polished in all probability. The pushrods in the centre of the picture are in their lowest position and never go lower, the ones on either side are 'lifting' the valves. Such damage could have occurred if the engine had been run with HUGE amounts of slack in the tappets such that the pushrods were rubbing the sides of the head where you indicated. In short, you have nothing to worry about. HTH Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Ah, pushrods! I doubt that it is the pushrods hitting the head - if it is then there will be fresh marks indicating this, polished in all probability. The pushrods in the centre of the picture are in their lowest position and never go lower, the ones on either side are 'lifting' the valves. Such damage could have occurred if the engine had been run with HUGE amounts of slack in the tappets such that the pushrods were rubbing the sides of the head where you indicated.In short, you have nothing to worry about. HTH Chris damage ? that's just part of the orginal casting - those curves are supposed to be there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adi Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 damage ?that's just part of the orginal casting - those curves are supposed to be there But those curves were not even....as in they dint look like they were machine cut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicks90 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 its a landrover - chill out! Even if they were machined instead of cast - you reckon they would be even anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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