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Old 01-04-2023, 10:16 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by elgyqc View Post
I tend towards thinking that the tensioner pads are more of a problem than the IMS bearing. I have seen 4 IMSBs (all double row) on engines with from 90K miles and up and all of them were still in good shape. I have inspected the tensioner pads on 3 of those engines and they were all well worn and on my replacement 3.2 engine (133K miles) they were getting close to failure.

So much for my very amateur 2 cents worth.
Agreed....
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