Timing chain tensioners are probably the biggest
vulnerabilities 1997-2004 Jaguar V8 engines.
The tensioners get old, and the plastic face that touches the chain gets
brittle and breaks. When that happens
the chain flops around excessively, until it fails.
There is no warning of this impending failure from
outside. The only way to know if your
guides and tensioners are good, is to remove the cam covers and inspect
them. Inspection – if they are good – is
a three-hour job. Replacement of the
upper tensioners – if needed – is a day’s work.
Replacement of the lower chain guides is a much bigger job, most often
two days of work.
All those costs pale when compared to the bill for repair,
if the chain breaks. That will often run
$8-10,000.
The lesson to be drawn from this: Check your tensioners, and deal with them before
they fail. New tensioners are a few hundred dollars, plus the labor to put them in. It's a small price to pay for security.
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John
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