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Old 05-01-2011, 05:46 PM   #51
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Originally Posted by jaykay
By pads do you mean chain tensioner pad wear giving more cam chain slop and loss of motion on cam shafts?
yeah the ramps/tensioner pads on the variocam solenoid - though all the pictures i've seen of them show them as a brown color and the bits in the filter were black and rounded. so perhaps the chain guides as well. can't imagine both of them are fine after that many miles / years.
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