mtnman1000
Junior Member
2013 Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi
After experiencing a misfire on cyl 1 a mechanic I took it to replaced the heads, lifters, and a cam after finding a badly worn lobe at cyl 1. Once they finished, it ran far worse than before with at least 6 new codes from VVT, MDS to a new misfire on cyl 5 and terrible ticking. After my son tore it back down, he is finding lots of metal shavings plugging up the MDS solenoids and VVT which leads me to think the engine is toast.
My question is, should the mechanic have looked for metal shavings prior to replacing the parts since the cam lobe was totally gone, or would it be reasonable to just replace the parts and not even look? I spent $4800 for the work and parts and am not sure how to approach the original mechanic and if I even have any recourse since technically, he did fix the original issue (no more misfire on cyl 1) even though it came back worse.
Some mechanics I've talked to would never have installed new parts with a completely worn cam due to high chance metal all throughout the engine.
Also, is it possible to flush out the shavings or would a new engine be the most appropriate way to go?
After experiencing a misfire on cyl 1 a mechanic I took it to replaced the heads, lifters, and a cam after finding a badly worn lobe at cyl 1. Once they finished, it ran far worse than before with at least 6 new codes from VVT, MDS to a new misfire on cyl 5 and terrible ticking. After my son tore it back down, he is finding lots of metal shavings plugging up the MDS solenoids and VVT which leads me to think the engine is toast.
My question is, should the mechanic have looked for metal shavings prior to replacing the parts since the cam lobe was totally gone, or would it be reasonable to just replace the parts and not even look? I spent $4800 for the work and parts and am not sure how to approach the original mechanic and if I even have any recourse since technically, he did fix the original issue (no more misfire on cyl 1) even though it came back worse.
Some mechanics I've talked to would never have installed new parts with a completely worn cam due to high chance metal all throughout the engine.
Also, is it possible to flush out the shavings or would a new engine be the most appropriate way to go?
