Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:35:16 +0000 From: Grunff <grunffnospam.com> Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3A_Should_I_buy_this_1992_9000_T?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?urbo_with_168=2C000_miles_on_it_for_=A3600?=
David Taylor wrote: > So they do break then? :) Everything breaks - it's just that there are many, many things which are more likely to break. > I have a very noisy one, in fact on my 9000 2.0t, the garage showed me > the sideways play and all the chain running gear whilst it was still in > the car. They allow a certain degree of sideways play, mine was well > past that and the chain tensioner was very grooved, beyond what they'd > recommend. > > Should it be ignored and left to chance or changed? That's the > question. The real question is why did it stretch this much? Unless you car has 300k miles on it, there is something wrong. The usual problem is poor oil pressure/flow to the tensioner and the chain itself. I think if I had a chain that was stretched beyond the tensioner's max extension, I'd change it. But I'd want to dig a little to find out how it got like that. -- Grunff
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