camshaft deviation analysis

[jb92563]

Originally Posted by NewArt

Funny, I just opened mine up to find the culprit of my -9 on one bank and was puzzled to see the first pad looking just fine. The I turned the tensioner over to see the 2nd pad and whoa! Looked just like that sucker in the picture!

Mine is at the -6 limit as well.

How big a DIY job is it to replace the tensioner pads?

Can it be done with the engine in place or do you need to drop the engine?

[san rensho]

Originally Posted by jb92563

Mine is at the -6 limit as well.

How big a DIY job is it to replace the tensioner pads?

Can it be done with the engine in place or do you need to drop the engine?

My bank 1 values vary greatly from hot to cold. Dead cold, its at about - 6.5, fully hot engine (after running for more than an hour) it comes down to under 5.5. I'm not digging into the motor until it gets substantially worse, and it been about the same in the 25k miles I've had my car.