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Hello everybody! I need advice regarding 18K4F engine.
The story began when my “mechanic” changed HD. The car run with big tappets noise and then when I put it to road the engine seized. Two camshafts stacked. When we opened the head it appeared that two camshafts welded to the HD body because lack of oil in the head. Now we removed the head in order to investigate reason. When we started to follow the oil channels and way the oils supplied to the head we noticed some strange think like a ball staked in one of the two oil holes which locates on the top of the block under the dowel. Nobody of the mechanics has seen this type of engine before but in one voice say that this ball (or something) has not to be there because it blocks main oil supply to the head of the engine. The strange thing that these engines run fine before HG was changed. Please help to identify whether this is some sort of valve or this should be removed out!
I've attached picture below.
Many Thanks in advance.