I was wondering if anyone has suffered the same problem I have. My 8 started running rather poorly about a month ago. Two weeks ago it suffered an intermittent misfire and on my way home it leaked a huge amount of oil from somewhere. Still don't know why that happened though.

I parked the car and decided it was time to replace the engine. (Thankfully I have a spare engine ready.)

Well, yesterday I decided to do the exchange and removed the engine. Transplanting parts I've come across an SSV valve with a stripped gear and the piston had sheared off. It's a definite mechanical failure but after rebuilding a number of these engines for customers, it's the first time ever I've seen this particular failure.

Anyone has an idea why this could have happened?

 

pics?!?!?

 

Guys sorry. In my haste I didn't explain the failure properly. It was in fact a broken APV and not the SSV. I will upload pictures tonight. Oh, and the link to the APV sheared off. The gears are fine.

 

if you need parts i have them

 

Thanks for the offer. I have a few spare engines so parts not a prob