tacoma cam miss alignment

has anyone else had this problem ???

 

Truck getting towed ?

 

no having a camshaft miss alignment

 

Oh , my bad , when you said cams , I was thinking alignment cams

 

oo gotca.

 

So what happened to your cams?

 

idk i guess they got thrown out of place. the trucks just started running really rough and its been at toyota for a month now.

 

That sucks man!!

 

So...did the timing chain tensioner go bad causing the timing chain to get loose and jump a tooth or something? What's the story?

 

i honestly couldnt tell you all i was told is that it was a cam mis alignment and their was metal in the oil. cant believe it happened the trucks only got 30k on it

 

Probably just a manufacturing defect, that happens sometimes regardless of make or model. Warranty should take care of it.(Im assuming it still has warranty?) Keep us posted.

 

If not a manufacturing defect, i would then guess it would be a problem with the timing chain tensioner, or a VVT-I controller malfunction. I know you didn't ask what we thought the problem was, and these are just my guesses at what the problem might be. Hopefully you have it fixed and back home soon.

 

Did the engine make any loud knocking noises while it was running rough? If the cams were that out of whack the valves may have been hitting the tops of the pistons.

 

The cams can't be misaligned. I would start questioning the tech who diagnosed it.

 

Misaligned may be a poor choice of words, but it sounds like he means the timing is off. Which in its own way is a misalignment between the Camshaft and the crankshaft positions.

 

^^This. If the timing chain became loose for some reason and the cam gears jumped a few teeth it would run horrible and possibly cause engine damage.

 

it ran like shit and yea toyota had it for over a month. i guess then have no idea what their doing so they just started replacing everything. i went to pick it up three times and the first 2 i only got 500 ft and it screwed up again. plus they scratched the shit out of my bumper and broke my keyfob

 

That is insane. I think you need to locate a new dealer. Is this being repaired under the drive train warranty? If so I would be calling Toyota Corporate for some answers. You could rebuild the entire frigging truck ( engine transmission and all ) in a month.

 

At this point I would be pushing for an entire engine replacement.

 

yea no one knows anything anymore they basically just started replcaing things until ti worked