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JFP in PA · 01-29-2015, 01:46 PM

Photo 3 looks like the hole for one of the tensioners, but the tensioner is missing (not unexpected when a dealer is doing a diagnostic tear down to figure out what failed):

I'm not exactly sure where you are thinking on going with this, but if the IMS has failed, you cannot just install a new one and retime the cams. The engine will be full of fine metallic grit, the cams have probably jumped time, and some of the valves are probably bent as well.

That engine needs a complete tear down and rebuild.

01-29-2015, 01:46 PM	#1
JFP in PA Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: It's a kind of magic..... Posts: 6,602	Photo 3 looks like the hole for one of the tensioners, but the tensioner is missing (not unexpected when a dealer is doing a diagnostic tear down to figure out what failed): I'm not exactly sure where you are thinking on going with this, but if the IMS has failed, you cannot just install a new one and retime the cams. The engine will be full of fine metallic grit, the cams have probably jumped time, and some of the valves are probably bent as well. That engine needs a complete tear down and rebuild. __________________ “Anything really new is invented only in one’s youth. Later, one becomes more experienced, more famous – and more stupid.” - Albert Einstein Last edited by JFP in PA; 01-29-2015 at 01:48 PM.