Camshaft cap bolts?

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You are welcome, Steve W. Is one of our best! Use 2CarPros anytime, we are here to help.
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 8:32 AM
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I don't know how to find where the steel ball came from I will check my lifters and make sure they're all okay and then if they are is it safe for me to finish. You can put the Cam's back in and set the timing put the timing cover on fit it with all and just see what happens I mean what would you suggest I do
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 9:03 AM
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Sorry for my typos fill it with oil Prime the engine and then start it what would you suggest I do
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 9:04 AM
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I'm going to send you a picture of the oil control valve can you tell me if it looks right there should be a cap on the end of this valve with a 1/8 still check valve behind it I don't know if that's right or not I'm asking you
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 11:34 AM
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Is there supposed to be a steel ball in the end of that ocv valve a check valve
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 11:35 AM
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Should be an open hole with a spring up inside the bore, which it looks like it has. I doubt it is any of the gallery plugs, they are normally in there real good and then the bore gets peened so they cannot get out. I would fill it, prime it and continue on.
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 1:55 PM
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That little steel ball had to come from somewhere
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 2:09 PM
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All the lifters look fine I just can't figure out where it may have come from and I'm afraid ruining this engine after I put so much money into it
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 2:12 PM
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Okay well thank you for the assistance I guess I just have to take my chances close to $1,000 already hard for poor man to just piss that way. Have a good day
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 2:15 PM
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The problem is that tracking it down means taking it all apart and looking at every part. That is your call. But none of the pieces that you have checked had anything like that so far. None of the pieces I looked at in the parts listing has a ball like that in it. What surface are you working on? Concrete? Clean shop floor? Look at the tools you used as well. Extensions and ratchets have locking balls in them. What color is it? Is it hardened steel? I would expect any type of check ball to have a retainer and spring or something that holds them in so where is that part? Take a look at the other pieces that you removed as well. Maybe it's something from one of the other external parts.
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 3:32 PM
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No strings or retaining clips and I don't believe it just fell out of gallery somewhere I'm just going to put it back together and watch the oil pressure when I prime it if it holds then I will assume it's okay I'm working on a concrete shop floor and there was no object like that laying there when I started where it comes from I don't know. So it will install cam carrier and cams set the timing put everything back together and hope for the best
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 3:48 PM
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Yeah, that is the fun thing of finding pieces. BB sized pieces would seem to be bearings but from where is the hard part.
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 4:27 PM
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I don't feel good about it what choice have I got dismantle everything and still not find it. Put everything back together and pay strict attention to oil pressure. I'll leave the plugs out of it take the fuel pump fuse out and see if I can get it to hold oil pressure by turning the engine over not letting it fire. If the oil pressure light goes out and holds oil pressure I'll put the plugs back in it fuse and start it up if you have any other idea or how I can do this safely without ruining the engine let me know
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 5:40 PM
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That's the problem, without an idea of where the piece came from there is no way to know if it's a problem. I looked at the parts breakdown for that engine in service info and don't find any loose ball type parts.
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 6:44 PM
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I sure hope it's something to cat drug in or something that was already loose in the vehicle that rolled out when I started taking everything out. Because I had everything off of it cams timing chain cradle head oil pan you know everything I had to come off of it
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 6:50 PM
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I'm a pretty fair mechanic I'd like to think I am anyways but this was the first Kia I've done and the first time ever found a little silver ball laying up under the car. So I stopped I started looking for somebody that knew more than I do. I couldn't find the manual for this thing anywhere online or offline so thanks for the help man
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Sunday, January 25th, 2026 AT 6:59 PM
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That is what we are here for. To help folks repair their vehicles.
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Monday, January 26th, 2026 AT 7:16 PM

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