Hello people,
this is my 1st thread and 2nd post in this community. I took my time to read around in order not to ask stupid questions that were already discussed a number of times, so in the end i have only 2 questions. My first one is related to the chain tensioners of prefacelift model as mine is year 2000. So i read around and it seems the prefacelift has a plastic tensioner, which seems to break after some time most likely due to too many heatcycles. I have a cam gasket leaks in the plugs so i ordered a Fel-Pro gasket kit and i am waiting for it to arrive, meantime i read about the tensioner issues and because i am going to replace the gasket i am wondering mif i should replace the tensioners too. Now the real question is has someone seen those fail prior to 160K Kilometers , which is around 100K miles ? My car is halfway on those numbers and is in perfect condition. I drive very little , because i have a few other cars and overall i plan to do like 6-7k km per year which is around 4-5K miles at most. So based on the current mileage it will take ~10 years to come to 160K km, so thats why i am aksing, if someone has seen those tensioners fail before 100K miles ? If not i will probably not touch them.
Now the 2nd question is regarding the transmission.
When i got the car it was with its original fluid 20+ years old. The car was also not driven too much in the last 10 years , so the gearbox was a bit harsh. I started driving the car and in a few days the gearbox got smoother then a few days later i changed the fluid ....all the fluid, not only the one in the pan with a new repsol fluid , which is based on the latest model fluids i think its similar to Mercon LV. The gearbox immediately went smoother on every gear change, but the P to R or P to D were still a bit harsh . Then a few weeks later the P to R became smoother and smoother and now i barely notice the switch to Reverse, however the switch to Drive is still a bit harsh. Compared to the Reverse its quite noticeable. Before anyone starts telling me this is not the right fluid for the gearbox may i say i have enough knowledge on hydraulics and automatic gearboxes , so i know the fluid is not the problem, as i already said all gears are switching fine and the harshness is only felt , when you stop the car and move from P to D or from R to D, after D is engaged you can drive for hours in the traffic with butter smooth gear changes. So my question to the owners here is , do you feel a difference between the engagement of D and R on your vehicles is it normal the Drive to engage harsher than Reverse ?
this is my 1st thread and 2nd post in this community. I took my time to read around in order not to ask stupid questions that were already discussed a number of times, so in the end i have only 2 questions. My first one is related to the chain tensioners of prefacelift model as mine is year 2000. So i read around and it seems the prefacelift has a plastic tensioner, which seems to break after some time most likely due to too many heatcycles. I have a cam gasket leaks in the plugs so i ordered a Fel-Pro gasket kit and i am waiting for it to arrive, meantime i read about the tensioner issues and because i am going to replace the gasket i am wondering mif i should replace the tensioners too. Now the real question is has someone seen those fail prior to 160K Kilometers , which is around 100K miles ? My car is halfway on those numbers and is in perfect condition. I drive very little , because i have a few other cars and overall i plan to do like 6-7k km per year which is around 4-5K miles at most. So based on the current mileage it will take ~10 years to come to 160K km, so thats why i am aksing, if someone has seen those tensioners fail before 100K miles ? If not i will probably not touch them.
Now the 2nd question is regarding the transmission.
When i got the car it was with its original fluid 20+ years old. The car was also not driven too much in the last 10 years , so the gearbox was a bit harsh. I started driving the car and in a few days the gearbox got smoother then a few days later i changed the fluid ....all the fluid, not only the one in the pan with a new repsol fluid , which is based on the latest model fluids i think its similar to Mercon LV. The gearbox immediately went smoother on every gear change, but the P to R or P to D were still a bit harsh . Then a few weeks later the P to R became smoother and smoother and now i barely notice the switch to Reverse, however the switch to Drive is still a bit harsh. Compared to the Reverse its quite noticeable. Before anyone starts telling me this is not the right fluid for the gearbox may i say i have enough knowledge on hydraulics and automatic gearboxes , so i know the fluid is not the problem, as i already said all gears are switching fine and the harshness is only felt , when you stop the car and move from P to D or from R to D, after D is engaged you can drive for hours in the traffic with butter smooth gear changes. So my question to the owners here is , do you feel a difference between the engagement of D and R on your vehicles is it normal the Drive to engage harsher than Reverse ?