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SnakeKack · 09-01-2006, 10:18 PM

In the last two and a half hours I was reading every thread I can find that had to do with timing chain problems.

I just bought a 1993 with almost 183,000 miles on it with a rattling timing chain. I got it for $1300 bucks and I have the money to take it to a shop for a full timing chain job, but if doing a full job is not needed then I want to avoid it because I can really use the money for more important things right now. My old S13 which was also a 93 had alot less miles and rattled worse when I bought that one. I spent $1200 bucks getting it fixed.

The rattle is pretty bad, it is very constant when idling and only "hits" every so often when holding it at 2k rpms and above. Its almost like listening to an egg beater beating agaisn't something. I am TRYING very hard to get my friend to let me borrow his camera to record the noise, not only to help get better helpful opinions, but because I haven't found a video of it online and I think it will help alot of people who are new to 240's to diagnose there problems.

I want to open it up and take out the two upper guides and check the tensioner, but after reading up on things it seems that the chain can stretch, so even if the tensioner is good and I take out the two guides what is going to stop it from bouncing teeth and messing things up? And since the rattle is so bad maybe it has alot more to do with one of the tensioners being bad like maybe the lower one? Which really gets me nervous after reading this post http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.p...t=chain+rattle.

The previous owner seemed to drive it kinda hard and I have no clue how long the rattling has been going on but it certainly hasn't bothered her( previous owner) The water pump is less than 2 years old and the car seems to be in overall good shape besides the timing chain noise.

So besides those 2 questions above I wanted to know from people who just removed there guides and fixed there problem, how bad was the rattle when they did it? How many miles where on there cars before it started happening? And how long did they go before taking action? Also has anyone had bad results from taking the guides off? Does anyone have any advice as to which route I should take?

09-01-2006, 10:18 PM	#1
SnakeKack Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Florida Age: 37 Posts: 306 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	I hate to bring it up again (timing chain). In the last two and a half hours I was reading every thread I can find that had to do with timing chain problems. I just bought a 1993 with almost 183,000 miles on it with a rattling timing chain. I got it for $1300 bucks and I have the money to take it to a shop for a full timing chain job, but if doing a full job is not needed then I want to avoid it because I can really use the money for more important things right now. My old S13 which was also a 93 had alot less miles and rattled worse when I bought that one. I spent $1200 bucks getting it fixed. The rattle is pretty bad, it is very constant when idling and only "hits" every so often when holding it at 2k rpms and above. Its almost like listening to an egg beater beating agaisn't something. I am TRYING very hard to get my friend to let me borrow his camera to record the noise, not only to help get better helpful opinions, but because I haven't found a video of it online and I think it will help alot of people who are new to 240's to diagnose there problems. I want to open it up and take out the two upper guides and check the tensioner, but after reading up on things it seems that the chain can stretch, so even if the tensioner is good and I take out the two guides what is going to stop it from bouncing teeth and messing things up? And since the rattle is so bad maybe it has alot more to do with one of the tensioners being bad like maybe the lower one? Which really gets me nervous after reading this post http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.p...t=chain+rattle. The previous owner seemed to drive it kinda hard and I have no clue how long the rattling has been going on but it certainly hasn't bothered her( previous owner) The water pump is less than 2 years old and the car seems to be in overall good shape besides the timing chain noise. So besides those 2 questions above I wanted to know from people who just removed there guides and fixed there problem, how bad was the rattle when they did it? How many miles where on there cars before it started happening? And how long did they go before taking action? Also has anyone had bad results from taking the guides off? Does anyone have any advice as to which route I should take?