So I noticed my oil was leaking from the top on the back side of the motor, so I figured the valve cover gasket was bad. Well I pulled the valve cover and was cleaning the head so the gasket would sit good and what do I find, a crack that is in the back on the driver side that is an inch long. Also I noticed a chunk of metal sitting in the top, so I searched some and found one of my rocker arms completely devastated. Has anyone else had this issue?

 

ruh ro....head pull time...possibly valve tap????

 

yikes what did you do, you runnin any mods

 

you didn;t notice any noise ore a dead cylinder or loss of power?

 

^^^^^^^^^^^ya any thing

 

It didnt feel to have a loss of power, it did have a minor lifter tick for a while but it had gone away. It was just recent that it felt as if it were misfiring so I added sea foam to the oil, gas, ran some through the vacuum line, and replaced the plugs. Now it feels to be running fine. Im pretty sure what happened was I was racing a friend and shifted from 6300 rpms in 3rd into 2nd gear, but I dont see how this would affect the integrity of the head like it did.

 

i dont see how that coulda done it ive hit 8210rpm logged on my DH.. went from 5th at 70 trying to go into 4Th to pass someone and hit 2ND for a quick instant.. hmmm

 

ya...that would hurt the tranny, but shouldnt have done this...

 

So I pulled the valve cover yesterday and patched the crack up with some quick steel, so it stopped leaking oil and now its burning oil, I guess thats the lesser of two evils though because atleast its not leaving huge oil spots everywhere I park it.

 

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you should still get this checked out.