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chug

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Hi guys, does anyone know any history of KUJ 436 J?

I need to know its engine history, I bought the van last September from a guy near Guildford, he was moving to California so cant ask him.

The engine recently started tapping which developed into a light knock, I have stripped and split the case to find the cam bearings worn. I found a lot of brass filings around the internals of the case which doesn't tally up with the condition of the distributor drive gear, that looks good.

What it looks like to me is the brass gear had failed some time before my ownership, this was changed but the oil ways/ oil cooler weren't cleaned leaving brass fragments to be pumped around the engine causing this failure.

Hoping someone knows or that my theory is right as I don't want this to happen again after rebuilding it.

Thanks, Chris.
 

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