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Old 25-05-2022
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Originally Posted by Farwest View Post
When I first read that on the US forums I decided to 'look into it'....it (failure) appears to be brought about by the 'fuel saving gizmo' that disables cylinders at times in operation to 'save fuel'....mechanics stated the 'closed down' cylinders(valve train)failed to lube sufficiently and bingo failure...another engineering feat of mastery...not....and our brand, as you stated, is most certainly not the only badge suffering the same fate


Happening in all eight lifters ,not just the MDS ones.Roller bearing failure,
then roller locks or rotates ,goodby cam as well
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