[Shotimes] ticking under front valve cover

[Donald Mallinson]

Ha Ha....It is to laugh.

:)

Don M.

Kirk Doucette wrote:
> You put thicker oil on your hips?
> 
> Kirk J Doucette
> NESHOC President
> Stormtrooper-97 White
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 4:31 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] ticking under front valve cover
> 
> Mark,
> 
> Odd thing is that my '89 started this rattling/ticking noise
> (located right at the bump where the chain/tensioner
> mechanism is on the V6) about 70,000 miles.  At 140,000
> miles I replaced the tensioner.  There are grooves in this
> tensioner, but they are there from the factory, and my old
> tensioner (still have it) had a black pad that showed ZERO
> wear.  I bet you couldn't find any real wear with a microscope.
> 
> The new tensioner was smoother and made of a white material.
> 
> As it happens, when I got my new hip joints, I told the
> doctor that if this wore out and my cam chain tensioner
> never did, then they needed to make the hips from the same
> stuff!
> 
> I have tried thicker oil, and it didn't make any difference
> in my car, helped hot idle oil pressure a tiny bit though.
> 
> Don M.
> 
> Mark D. Mallory wrote:
> 
>>>Oh yeah.....tensioners make noise when they are worn.  They keep
>>>working.  As Don M.
>>>has said, if you replace them, they might quiet down, or they
>>>might not.  His
>>>didn't.  If you want to quiet them down a bit, use thicker oil.
>>>
>>>Get in it and DRIVE IT!!!
>>
>>
>>To help clarify, it's not the tension mechanism itself that is wearing
> 
> out.
> 
>>There is a pad of hard plastic (not sure exactly what it's made of) that
> 
> the
> 
>>chain rides on.  Over time, the chain will wear a groove in the pad.  As
> 
> the
> 
>>grooves wear further down, the slop in the chain will increase ever so
>>slightly.  Eventually, the slop in the chain will allow the chain to
> 
> "tick".
> 
>>Even with this wear and added slop, the tensioner will keep enough tension
>>on the chain that it will not jump the teeth on the cam sprockets.
>>
>>Mark Mallory
>>Toledo, Ohio
>>'95 SHO MTX
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