timing chain?

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hek1620
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i have a little sound coming from the engine under light to medium throttle. its kind of a little clickity sound. i'm hoping this is not the dragging chain sound that people associate with the timing chain being about to bust. HELP!


ILikeMy240sx
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hek1620
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i've seen ur writeup before. but that doesn't answer my question. do u think thats what the sound is? anyways i have a sohc, ur write up wouldn't help me in chainging it.

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eds13
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how many miles? probably lifters

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hek1620
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pushing 200,000 but its supposedly been rebuilt. i know u don't replace them in a rebuild. what does this mean i have to get knew ones?

drftsil8ty
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yep. same thing happened to me, has your rpms been jumping around lately?

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hek1620
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what do u mean? well it does move around a little bit when idling. how much does this cost? should i do the solid lifter conversion? what are the benefits?

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coupe4me
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mine only makes noise on start up. I believe mine is the timing chain tensioner


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