Q: i keep rounding my lobes or brake my cams its the third one in two mounths and i cant figer it out

asked by on January 09, 2017

abought three months ago i but new head gaskets on it ran real good abought a week than it started rounding the cam lobs that was twice now i have a broken cam i cant figer it out and thay were all new cams

My car has 25000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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