My P38 suddenly lost power and was sounding like a bag of spanners. I Managed to nurse it back home and the following day decided to try and diagnose the problem.
I plugged it into the diagnostics to see if any codes would show up, there was a few showing “misfire” on a number of cylinders. It didn’t appear to be sensor or coil pack related.
There was an obvious metallic sort of noise coming from the left rocker cover.
To get the rocker cover off I had to remove the plenum chamber and a number of other parts to get access.
Once I got the rocker cover off it was obvious that a rocker shaft had snapped. I looked into getting a new set of rockers for the car but I needed to get the car running for the next day. I managed to get a set of used ones locally and for free.
I only videoed the removal of the parts and fitting of the replacement rockers. As good old Haynes would say, “refitting is the reversal of removal”.
After firing the car up it sounded fine and on a test drive it drove as it should.
Sorry for the camera angles, lack of zoom and me getting in the way of the camera.
Thanks for watching.
Matey.
9 мар 2022
