Timing chain = big trouble?
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Timing chain = big trouble?
I got a 1989 2.8, and it's coming up to about 100,000 miles. I was wondering, if you snap the timing chain on a 2.8, does it bend the valves??? That is one thing that i don't want to happen!!! 
Would it be good to change it at 98,000 miles??? Thanks!
-Justin S.
Would it be good to change it at 98,000 miles??? Thanks!-Justin S.
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Nope, it just leaves you stranded at Fazoli's (long story with a BRAND NEW TIMING CHAIN SNAPPING)
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Yeah, it's been discussed a few times, and apparently there is no interference between the valves and pistons regardless of where they are, i.e. at TDC and maximum lift. But definitely change it. I've been waiting a couple years to find time to do mine.
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ya my timeing chain slipped 2 weeks after i got it
it didnt hurt anything car just sounded like it had a cam and had much more power but then it slipped again and wouldnt start
so i had to get it replaced
it didnt hurt anything car just sounded like it had a cam and had much more power but then it slipped again and wouldnt start
so i had to get it replaced
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Originally posted by Azrael91966669
ya my timeing chain slipped 2 weeks after i got it
it didnt hurt anything car just sounded like it had a cam and had much more power but then it slipped again and wouldnt start
so i had to get it replaced
ya my timeing chain slipped 2 weeks after i got it
it didnt hurt anything car just sounded like it had a cam and had much more power but then it slipped again and wouldnt start
so i had to get it replaced
isn't that the luck
your car is setup in correct form it breaks and slips the timing chain and you said sounded like it had a cam and had more power due to part being faulty
but then it does it again and well now your back to worse then before
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Axle/Gears: 3.42 / 3.42
Originally posted by 89V6FBIRD
I had 115,000 on my car before I changed the chain, it totally renewed the car's peppiness!
I had 115,000 on my car before I changed the chain, it totally renewed the car's peppiness!
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