The top of her message read, "Beautiful impressions of China. Then suddenly a bang, timing chain".
NOT MUCH TEXT TO GO ON
If we are assessing Heidi's text correctly, the timing chain let go, "exploding" the front of the motor, peeling back the timing cover, the oil pan, destroying several other components, the radiator and throwing a damaged brass timing gear part onto the road.
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It looks to be a cracked in half/partial piece of the part that holds the camshaft in place |
OK, here's a small token of humor. Those engine hoists...made in China...you'll notice the hydraulic part that always fails...that we can't ever buy a replacement for...has been replaced