Any time you hear noise, it is doing damage and should be attended to
IMMEDIATELY! Shim the
tensioner. It's easy.
You can easily change the cam and rockers without tearing the engine apart. The
chains, on the other
hand, require major disassembly. If the cam lobes are starting to show pitting,
it means that the
surface hardening of the lobes has worn through. Wear will now accelerate and
start to eat up the
rockers, too. If you can afford to switch to the later-style rockers, it would
be a good idea.
Dan Neuman wrote:
> I am startig to have a timing chain death rattle noise for a couple
> of seconds on startup. I know that this has been covered before. But how long
> can I go with this before I should change it. I am not going to be able to
>have
> time/money to change out the chains the right way till later this summer....
> Should I jsut do the chains-camshaft at the same time??
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Gordon Glasgow
http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
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