Notorious Engine Rattle.
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Notorious Engine Rattle.
All right, now I've done plenty of reading on here about that rattle in the engine some of us get. My rattle can usually only be heard with the radio off and windows up. I rev the engine and rattle goes away. I'd like to know how to tell if it's the coupler or the timing chain tensioner, if it's even that because when I pop the hood, sometimes the rattle doesn't even seem to come from the engine at all. What could this be?
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Open the hood
And have a friend or your remote starter start the car a few times till it happens again
Pinpoint the best you can to were its comming from.
If itz the timig chain tensionet hold a long screw driver to the side of the motor( and press to your ear ) a few inchs above whete the water pump is. Should find a lip or spmething to rest it on and listen. Gunna have to get a friend to start the car a few times till the noise happens again. If you can hear clack clack clack its probably the tensioner. Easy job . Will cause major problems if it lets go.. So get er done
The tensioner its self if your standing infront of your motor is on the left hand side right behind the valve cover. Its a 3/4 bolt iirc that just goes into the motor. Easy to find
And have a friend or your remote starter start the car a few times till it happens again
Pinpoint the best you can to were its comming from.
If itz the timig chain tensionet hold a long screw driver to the side of the motor( and press to your ear ) a few inchs above whete the water pump is. Should find a lip or spmething to rest it on and listen. Gunna have to get a friend to start the car a few times till the noise happens again. If you can hear clack clack clack its probably the tensioner. Easy job . Will cause major problems if it lets go.. So get er done
The tensioner its self if your standing infront of your motor is on the left hand side right behind the valve cover. Its a 3/4 bolt iirc that just goes into the motor. Easy to find
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Got ya. Very thank you for the advise. Sounds like it will be easy to find out if it is the tensioner. I hope that it is because I know it be a pretty cheap and easy fix. Now, how do I find out if it's the coupler?
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this is not my car, was pullled off google
but this is where it will be, here in canada i got charged $75 for the bolt ( timing chain tensioner )
right below the arrow
but this is where it will be, here in canada i got charged $75 for the bolt ( timing chain tensioner )
right below the arrow
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Would you recommend doing it myself? I've seem threads about how you need to tie the chain so it doesn't jump. And how you need to set the new tensioner. Or should I just take it in and get it fixed since I've never really done engine work besides usual maintenance?
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Most say you dont need to do anything other thN take the old one out and put new one in and torque to 75ft lbs iirc
I however played it safe and took my valve cover off and uses like 6 zip ties and strapped te chain in its place than did the tensioner
If it takes you longer than 1.5 hours your doing it wronf. Super easy job . Like 2/10 for difficulty
I however played it safe and took my valve cover off and uses like 6 zip ties and strapped te chain in its place than did the tensioner
If it takes you longer than 1.5 hours your doing it wronf. Super easy job . Like 2/10 for difficulty
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Most say you dont need to do anything other thN take the old one out and put new one in and torque to 75ft lbs iirc I however played it safe and took my valve cover off and uses like 6 zip ties and strapped te chain in its place than did the tensioner If it takes you longer than 1.5 hours your doing it wronf. Super easy job . Like 2/10 for difficulty
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Yes
I would recomed , personally take the 15 min to pull the valve cover and zip tie that chain, if it for what ever reason ratchets out . you got a few hour job, instead of taking 30 min to avoid it.
My chain didnt move, but i had the zip ties incase it did. And the tensioner should some in the conpressed state. There is info on google how to check and set it
I would recomed , personally take the 15 min to pull the valve cover and zip tie that chain, if it for what ever reason ratchets out . you got a few hour job, instead of taking 30 min to avoid it.
My chain didnt move, but i had the zip ties incase it did. And the tensioner should some in the conpressed state. There is info on google how to check and set it
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I'll definitely not take a chance and tie that chain down then. Don't want anything else messing up.
How exactly do I activate it? And I've decided to do all minor work on my ride. This doesn't seem like a big job. My SS has fifty eight thousand on it right now.
How exactly do I activate it? And I've decided to do all minor work on my ride. This doesn't seem like a big job. My SS has fifty eight thousand on it right now.
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The new style tensioners dont need to be activated. Plug and play basically.
Cuz j never herd of "activating it" till now, and i did mine months ago and its fine - i never activated mine lol so i had to google it to make sure
Cuz j never herd of "activating it" till now, and i did mine months ago and its fine - i never activated mine lol so i had to google it to make sure
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Looks like all I need to do is get a torque wrench and right sized bolt and I'm good to go. Hopefully it's just plug and play. Don't want to find out the hard way if it isn't.