Tl;dr. Dont drive with broken guides if you care about your motor. I've seen TCG repair kits for less than $1k and it could be a DIY 

08/05/  · I see this all the time with the 2.4 Chevrolet Equinox. The cylinder walls become oval shaped, causing engine oil consumption. When the engine oil gets low,

Popular Answer stevieray1 on September 07, look to the right of this page..click on Problems,then click on this and read >Worn Timing Chain Cassettes May Cause Rattling Noise From Engine.engine has to come out. Sign in to reply

Recently the one of the guides/tensioners on my timing chain broke. The broken part broke my valve cover. We're trying to replace it but I 

Your engine's timing chain can stretch over time resulting in a check engine light that comes along with excessive noise from your engine's timing cover. If the 

05 F150 timing chain that was rattling badly when it arrived to the shop. Symptoms include dying when coming to a stop, no power and cutting out when under

Hi. I am Working on rebuilding the motor on my 2000 bmw 3 series. With the m54 2.5L motor. I have sort of a problem. I took off the crankshaft cover to most likely replace the timing chain guides. and I found out the bolt that holds the timing chain guide is broken. No doubt this happened while taking everything apart.

16/01/  · Joined Oct 17, 2010. 2,445 Posts. #2 · Jan 13, . You should be able to just unbolt the timing cover to get to them b/c I know when blake96GT was doing his cam swap,

Unfortunately the center guide rail got jammed between the loose chain and a broken guide piece breaking the upper support of the chain guide which is part of 

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27/02/2006 · Discussion Starter · #1 · Feb 22, 2006. Recently a timing chain guide on my cobra broke. All together it cost around $1000 dollars worth of damage after replacing bent valves, timing chains, oil pump, etc. When i put it back together I used an updated guide that bolts in front of the oil pump at one end.

Buy Dorman 917-954 Timing Chain Guide Bolt Compatible with Select Models (OE FIX): Chains Works great for the broken tensioner bolt. Great fix, and is solid. Read more. Helpful. Report abuse. JAMES JONES. 5.0 out of 5 stars WORK GOOD. Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2022.

03/07/  · On the early XK8 and XJ8 Jaguar vehicles equipped with the 4.0 and 4.2 liter motor (supposedly was improved on the 4.2 liter engines, but we have seen many of these now failing as well, there is a known flaw in the upper timing chain tensioner. The plastic/nylon guide plates on the chain tensioner fail, causing the chain to slip, or come loose

Engine Workshop. Timing Chain Guide Broken. By BF6, 24/08/14 01:13 PM in Engine Workshop. Share. Followers 0. Go to topic listing.

KASEKENNY. EXPERT. You do not have to replace the chains if just the guides broke however, I would replace all the guides and tensioners while you are there. The only time you need to do the chains is when there is an issue with them. I attached the process below on this so that you can review this material.

The real issue is if the timing chain skips a tooth and goes out of time and valves meet cylinder and then bye bye engine. So yes replacing the 

09/07/  · General F150 Discussion - Timing Chain Guide (Broke) - Hi All, Hoping to get some feedback on my F150 FX4 5.4L. 125K It is currently sitting in my local Ford dealership's workshop with a broken timing chain guide (left side). I started to hear some strange knocking noises at about 95K, so I took it into my

What causes a timing chain to break or wear? Over time, the timing chain stretches due to internal component wear. The chain tensioner or the guides that are connected to the timing chain may wear out as well, causing the timing chain to fail completely.

it appears your engine is interference so its likely the valves are bent as you suspect. ive never heard of the tensioner failing but its only 

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