timsstang87
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- City, State
- Columbia, IL
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1999 Ford Explorer Sport
Hello all,
I am new here as well as a new owner of a 1999 Explorer Sport. I recently purchased the truck from a friend and he told me that the timing chains, cassettes, chain guides and tensioners were just replaced (within 1000 Miles). Well recently I have been having pretty bad timing chain rattle from the l/f tensioner upon start up that goes away within 2-4 seconds. Also I think there is a bit of timing chain slap when it is warm. My question is if he used a cheap kit off Ebay would there be the possibility that the tensioner he put on was junk? Also has anyone heard that if the oil pump is going bad it could possibly cause this ussue? The oil restrictor tube was also installed with the new tensioners/ timing chain kit. I did not want to pull up a thread that was 10+ years old so I decided to start a new one. Thaks for any help in advance.
I am new here as well as a new owner of a 1999 Explorer Sport. I recently purchased the truck from a friend and he told me that the timing chains, cassettes, chain guides and tensioners were just replaced (within 1000 Miles). Well recently I have been having pretty bad timing chain rattle from the l/f tensioner upon start up that goes away within 2-4 seconds. Also I think there is a bit of timing chain slap when it is warm. My question is if he used a cheap kit off Ebay would there be the possibility that the tensioner he put on was junk? Also has anyone heard that if the oil pump is going bad it could possibly cause this ussue? The oil restrictor tube was also installed with the new tensioners/ timing chain kit. I did not want to pull up a thread that was 10+ years old so I decided to start a new one. Thaks for any help in advance.