Rusty ran his original timing chain for 190,000 miles, dad & I replaced it ourselves for a couple of afternoons time, and about $100 in parts. The Beast has a timing chain, and it runs extremely quiet. Most 4 banger Toyotas are noisier at idle than The Beast, despite having an engine less than half the size.
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Hmm...my truck's at 190,000 miles, should I consider replacing the chain? :(
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Don't know just why ANY engine should be an interference engine. Many older engines had depressions in the pistons for the valves.
Those nylon timing sprockets were fun...not. One time, after a fight with the old lady, I gunned the engine in my '85 Continental. Ford 302 engine. Engine went WAAAHHHHH.....stop. Hit the starter...no compression. Twigged right away to what happened...nylon timing sprocket self-destructed. Fortunately, it was a relatively (compared to Shatto's truck) cheap repair. BTW, a C-note is a hundred. (C is Roman Numeral for 100). But, wow...a kilobuck! |
yea if its not making noise and truck still runs fine i wouldnt mess with it. the s10's anyways once you replace them the replacement tentioners suck ***...
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I would never even think of replacing a chain unless the diagnosis of finding out why the 'check engine' light was on or not passing smog, led to the valves being out of sync, which was caused by a stretched chain. The computer in modern engines will adjust for a multitude of minor mis-adjustments.....ergo, leave the darn thing alone until something goes wrong. |
Oh good. I really didn't want to have to replace my timing chain!
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