2k1 Neon Valve Cover Removed. PICTURES

[OLAFF]

Car has around 105K, OCIs 7500-10,000 depending on driving habits.
Oil used mostly Castrol Synthetic and lately Mobil 1.
Car was autocrossed quite a bit.

Looks spotless under there.

Notice the oil is almost black, its due for change in 2.5K... at a 7.5K interval.

 

[demarpaint]

Nice and clean for the miles!

 

[artificialist]

This is why I use synthetic oil even in engines not made for high performance.

 

[tig1]

Originally Posted By: artificialist
This is why I use synthetic oil even in engines not made for high performance.


In all my many years of using synt. oil my various engines have all looked like this as well. That's why I don't change.

 

[440Magnum]

Looks just like my wife's Chrysler 3.5 did when I replaced valve cover gaskets at ~200,000 miles on M1. None of that ugly yellow film often seen with Grp II oils anywhere in sight.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Clean but hows the wear - Are cams within mfg service limit and need to see under the cam box where the head is much hotter and maybe a pulled piston and look at the ring area - but if engine produces good power you can assume ring area is clean too. BTW, Those are some big rocker arms! Same engine architecture deployed in the Mini Cooper a while back, I hear.

 

[lexus114]

just curious,what viscosity Syntec & MB-1 are you using? 5W-30? oh,I think I see it for the MB-1.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
Clean but hows the wear - Are cams within mfg service limit and need to see under the cam box where the head is much hotter and maybe a pulled piston and look at the ring area - but if engine produces good power you can assume ring area is clean too. BTW, Those are some big rocker arms; do they utilise HLA? Same engine architecture deployed in the Mini Cooper a while back, I hear.

 

[lexus114]

Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
Clean but hows the wear - Are cams within mfg service limit and need to see under the cam box where the head is much hotter and maybe a pulled piston and look at the ring area - but if engine produces good power you can assume ring area is clean too. BTW, Those are some big rocker arms; do they utilise HLA? Same engine architecture deployed in the Mini Cooper a while back, I hear.


Huh? ^^^^ you said that already.

 

[OLAFF]

Yep 5W-30 all year round.

 

[Rand]

were those pictures from 2007 or the camera date was off?

 

[OLAFF]

Well its my Dad's camera and he doesn't know how to set it up right, so who knows why but its 2 years or more behind...

This was done around 2 months ago...

 

[sw99]

Looks great!

 

[cougargnw]

Looks great for that kind of mileage

 

[kkreit01]

Looks great. I had an '05. It was a fun little car. It was very easy to maintain, and the aftermarket used to be good.

 

[defektes]

nice engine!

 

[ARB1977]

Thanks for the valve cover porn...now if you excuse me i need to releave myself, haha.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Originally Posted By: lexus114
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
Clean but hows the wear - Are cams within mfg service limit and need to see under the cam box where the head is much hotter and maybe a pulled piston and look at the ring area - but if engine produces good power you can assume ring area is clean too. BTW, Those are some big rocker arms; do they utilise HLA? Same engine architecture deployed in the Mini Cooper a while back, I hear.


Huh? ^^^^ you said that already.

Sorry, I didnt do that - some sort of system hiccup - or my cat walked across the keyboard when I was in the bathroom ...

Still curious if the cam followers use an integrated lash adjuster pill - given how big the stem-end heads are on the rocker arms.

 

[lexus114]

Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
Originally Posted By: lexus114
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
Clean but hows the wear - Are cams within mfg service limit and need to see under the cam box where the head is much hotter and maybe a pulled piston and look at the ring area - but if engine produces good power you can assume ring area is clean too. BTW, Those are some big rocker arms; do they utilise HLA? Same engine architecture deployed in the Mini Cooper a while back, I hear.


Huh? ^^^^ you said that already.

Sorry, I didnt do that - some sort of system hiccup - or my cat walked across the keyboard when I was in the bathroom ...

Still curious if the cam followers use an integrated lash adjuster pill - given how big the stem-end heads are on the rocker arms.


This is a turbo motor,isnt it?

 

[silverrat]

I didn't know people autocrossed automatic transmission cars.