BROKEN CYLINDER HEAD BOLTS AT THE FRONT TIMING COVER. SYMPTOM WAS OIL LEAK AT TIMING COVER. UPON INSPECTION, THE HEADS OF 4 BOLTS HAD SHEARED OFF AND 3 BOLT HEADS HAD DROPPED THROUGH THE TIMING CHAIN HOUSING AND ENDED UP IN THE OIL PAN. *TR FIRST, HEAD BOLTS SHOULD NOT FAIL. SECOND, THE SHEARED BOLT HEADS PASS THROUGH THE TIMING CHAIN HOUSING AND COULD INTERFERE WITH THE TIMING CHAIN AND CAUSE IMMEDIATE ENGINE FAILURE.
1986
STRUCTURE
VEHICLE SLID ON AN ICY ROAD INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, LEAVING THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE MANGLED, LUCKILY THERE WERE NO INJURIES, CONSUMER QUESTIONS THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE WHEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *SLC