Engine breaking even after camshaft alignment

[Galm 1]

AS the title says, I match the arrows up, re assemble everything, start the car, and it runs for a second, then there's a bang ans it won't start up again. MSCE says that the rocker shaft is breaking after, and that's the only damaged part I can find.

[Choose]

Get the camshaft aligned and the rocker shaft replaced.

[Galm 1]

It is aligned, and the rocker shaft is full condition.

[Galm 1]

Bumping this because it makes my soul hurt.

[Whalespy]

Originally posted by Inspector Gadget Lore Master:

It is aligned, and the rocker shaft is full condition.

No, it really isn't. If the rocker shaft breaks every time you start the car, and the camshaft is indeed aligned, what does that tell you? I bet I know _exactly_ what's wrong even without looking at your save, and the solution is literally in this very topic.

Originally posted by Inspector Gadget Lore Master:

Bumping this because it makes my soul hurt.

You've gotten all the info needed to fix the issue. There is no need for your soul to hurt.

[dezzier]

Originally posted by Inspector Gadget Lore Master:

It is aligned, and the rocker shaft is full condition.

I assume you also set the "rockershaft: damaged" thing to "False" rather than JUST touching wear value?

As the above post mentions your cam may not still be aligned properly, even a 5-10° incorrect setting can destroy your top end.

Also, don't use MSCEditor for stuff like this, replace it yourself via Fleetari's parts shelf for less bugs :)

[Whalespy]

Originally posted by Dayz Me Rollin':

Originally posted by Inspector Gadget Lore Master:

It is aligned, and the rocker shaft is full condition.

I assume you also set the "rockershaft: damaged" thing to "False" rather than JUST touching wear value?

As the above post mentions your cam may not still be aligned properly, even a 5-10° incorrect setting can destroy your top end.

Also, don't use MSCEditor for stuff like this, replace it yourself via Fleetari's parts shelf for less bugs :)

I was hoping that he'd eventually figure it out for himself. If we keep spoonfeeding people who should really know better, they'll never learn. The correct solution would be to replace the rockers at Fleetari's, now he's just gonna use MSCeditor to fix it and won't learn anything.

[Galm 1]

Actually I'm gonna replace it at Fleet's
Also, I assumed it wouldn't be that the rocker is broken since it's not been used yet, but y'know.

[Whalespy]

Originally posted by Inspector Gadget Lore Master:

Actually I'm gonna replace it at Fleet's
Also, I assumed it wouldn't be that the rocker is broken since it's not been used yet, but y'know.

The cat is out of the bag, so here goes: I'm guessing that you started the car with the cam unaligned, broke your rocker, read the changelog, aligned the cam, couldn't get the car started, looked at the wear value in MSCeditor and didn't know what to do. Most parts have two failure modes, "damaged" and "wear". IIRC it's completely possible for a brand new (no wear whatsoever) part to not work if it's been broken in some way (aka status set to damaged)

[Galm 1]

To be honest you're leaving out the part where I started a new save becuase I thought it was a bug, but yeah.

[dezzier]

Atleast you actually read the changelog before asking :P

[Whalespy]

Originally posted by Inspector Gadget Lore Master:

To be honest you're leaving out the part where I started a new save becuase I thought it was a bug, but yeah.

Take comfort in the fact that you're not the first one, and that you didn't whine about it like most people do. Most of the people who create whine topics use the editor like it's the only way to play the game and end up seriously screwing up their save at worst, or with some very funky Satsuma failure states at best. The editor is kinda clunky, quite outdated and pretty obtuse. Use sparingly unless you know what you're doing.

[Galm 1]

Yeah. The editor was kinda a last resort for me, because I didn't want to get burnt out on the game.

[Galm 1]

Lo and behold, you guys were right. Thanks for the help!

[Whalespy]

Originally posted by Inspector Gadget Lore Master:

Lo and behold, you guys were right. Thanks for the help!

No worries.