Timing Chain issue...

[slowness88]

Sooo... I bought my 89 for 150 bones expecting it to need a new head gasket. After replacing the head gasket and still finding coolant mixing with my oil I found out that the timing chain guide broke and the chain rubbed a hole on the inside of the cover where the water goes into the block. So I replaced the timing chain guides and put everything back together. The car ran. Recently the car stopped running again and I found out that the stationary guide broke again. Here is a picture of what the new guide with less than 25miles on it looks like...

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IMG_4955 by Hacotaco, on Flickr



Any Suggestions other than replacing the timing chain? the chain still looks fine (though i may be missing something.)

[zenkistic]

how is your tensioner?

[slowness88]

Tensioner is just fine.

[Razi]

Both of them?
I'd replace or remove and clean the lower one just to be sure.

[ricebike]

razi

he has an 89, so it's the SOHC KA24E engine... one tensioner

when i bought a kit, it included sprockets, a new tensioner and "metal-backed" plastic guides

[alms24sebring]

So wait, theres a hole in the block, in a coolant passage?

[slowness88]

There was a hole in the coolant passage on the timing chain cover. I picked one up from the junkyard to replace it. And I replaced the stationary guide already once and the same thing happened again.