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Old 11-24-2014, 10:10 PM   #1
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Sounds like you have a stretched main chain, or maybe two. These drive the cams from the IMS and are known to stretch.
We have master linked chains and can change these chains without full engine disassembly.
If the main chain(s) are stretched, wouldn't this show up when you checked the camshaft deviation?

Lap1doug - have you any idea what your camshaft deviations are?
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Old 11-24-2014, 11:20 PM   #2
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If the main chain(s) are stretched, wouldn't this show up when you checked the camshaft deviation?

Lap1doug - have you any idea what your camshaft deviations are?
No, to date I haven't seen an engine with stretched chains show up in cam deviations.
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