Yes, the operative word in your reply is "Always" and I know you are probably correct in your statement; However in my AJ35/Gen II V8 there were tensioners broken as well as some that obviously weren't holding prime. There were marks where the chain had actually gotten on the engine block (that...
Engine tattle
Just want to make this one last point on the engine start-up rattle/noise on the AJ35 engine. The idea that one can keep on driving with this rattle may not be a good idea. The engine rattle on start-up is the timing chain rubbing on something inside the engine (very likely the...
I have been following this thread for sometime since I have acquired a very nice, low mileage and nearly perfect 2005 Thunderbird. The only issue is with the engine rattle on start-up; as described exactly on this thread with the LS ( Thunderbird has same engine and suffers from the same...
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