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I agree, why no chain replacement
Posted by David (more from David) on Wed, 31 Mar 2004 11:57:15
In Reply to: Why no timing chain?, David Ingram, Sun, 28 Mar 2004 15:23:36
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This is a wear item and should be replaced if your car has more than 100K on the ODO. It is a really cheap part and there will be no better time than when you get the head off. My timing chain broke with 120K miles and really made a mess. My thoughts are when my head is off, I will replace every seal and wear item I can get to...just so I don't have to do it again soon.
The only advice I can offer that hasn't aready been made is be VERY careful when unbolting/ re-torquing the timing chain cover from the bottom of the head. The chain cover can and will crack and leave you with a perpetual oil leak if it isn't torqued on in the right fashion. Just ask my mechanic who I made do the job twice. He also had to buy me a new chain cover at 435 bucks after he admitted he broke the original.
I guess I should say my car is a 91, I am not familiar with earlier engines or the later model either so they may have a different configuration.
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