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| Message: | Good day all... Lets see... Pulled valve cover...  You can see the tensioner... It is actually apart of the top front chain cover and accessible through the exterior of the motor, but I think the compressor is in the way, and you stand a chance of droping parts into the motor as you pull it from the cover.    I locked the screwdriver in there to keep the tension on the chain as I pulled the cover and tensioner. The tensioner was extremely easy to push in.  I zip-tied it as soon as I got the cover off! Then swapped the screwdriver out with a more secure metal rod (didn't get that pic).  Here is the cover...  and the tensioner apart...  and again, totally removed...  The new and old... Note the spring on top with the new tensioner is of a different design and longer, but made of thinner wire...  The old gasket... no rubber properties left.. the old one is standing up over the new rubber one...  I also left the CamPS in place... No need to remove it...  After I got home, the noise made my skin crawl!! It was as close to a rod knock as you can get, and not be a rod knock... there seems to be little to no hydraulic pressure in the tensioner... I think I am going to find a stiffer spring to install in the old tensioner and go that route for now... It made less noise than the new one... Ugh!! I needed this fixed for this weekends trip to Florida... Oh well!! Thanks again all!! Cheers!! | ||||
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