found 1 of my cylinder head spring (small) has broken M40

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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:04 pm

Hello,

I found that my cylinder head spring of my m40 engine has broken while I open my engine.

the spring is the small one also the thin plate below the spring is break also.

does this cause my engine tremor when idle?

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Post Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:50 pm

hello, willnz
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the spring that is broken is small spring inside that I have give red circle also the round plate for the spring base has broken. see the picture below.

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when I open my old engine block I found that there are No oil spray like that, all is vanished.
what is the result if my engine has run about 250.000km without this oil spray?

oil spray:
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thank you