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Re: Q for Anders: Noisy lifters? Timing chain pad? Posted by SWEDECAR [Email] ![]() ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Q for Anders: Noisy lifters? Timing chain pad?, andy ![]() |
It's impossible to say if you are hearing a lifter or chain noise without being able to listen to it myself.
With that kind of miles and being the 2.1L engine it could be a lifter noise created by a bad head gasket.
If it is a slight breach in the head gasket right where the oil galley is, it's a chance that some oil (pressure) never reach the cylinder head but bleeds out in the timing chain compartment.
But than again, it could also be the timing chain and guides starting to wear out.
You could have a Saab shop take the valve cover off, replacing the rubber pad and tighten up the chain one notch to see if the noise goes away.
If it's still there, it might the lifters/head gasket.
Anders
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