[Shotimes] Re: upper valve train tapping

[Donald Mallinson]

Don, Al,

a lot of V6 SHO's get a rattly sound in the area of the cam 
chain assembly between the two cams.  The tensioner has a 
spring and is also oil fed.

When mine started making a little noise at about 70,000 
miles, Doug Lewis told me that changing the tensioner had a 
less than 50/50 chance of solving the problem.

Sure enough, one new tensioner later, and the sound was 
exactly as before.  It has not gotten any worse or better in 
the following 100,000 miles, I just got used to it.

The tensioner I took out showed zero wear.  Doug thought it 
was due to possibly small oil passages in some motors?

Don Mallinson

Al Fitzgerald wrote:
> That's the symptoms of a worn cam tensioner assembly.
> 
> Al Fitz
> alfitz@alfitz.com
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Donelson" <1badsho@thenuthouse.com>>>
>>Issue is this. He had a tapping noise that sounded as if it was coming 
>>out of his valve covers. Definitly got worse with a push of the 
>>throttle. 
>>
>>Car does has stage I cams.
>>
>>Would a bad chain tensioner do this ? Possibly a bad valve spring ? I am 
>>trying to search for logical answers but cant find any.
>>
>>What I am going to do with the 3.2 motor is use its