You will of course want to find all the missing bits of the broken chain, which may have found their way to do damage to other internal engine parts.. right?
Seems it would be a prudent time to pull the front timing cover and inspect all chain guides and drive gears. If the chain wore enough to break, seems likely the gear teeth it runs against also have excessive wear, and certainly the chain guides... Just a thought.. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Ok initial investigation turns up broken timing chain. It cranks but cam > shaft does not rotate. Going to have to pull the valve cover to confirm. > Head will need to come off then I can take a look at the bottom end. I am > guessing it has bent valves. This car has a #17 head which would be > original. I happen to have a #20 head on the way that I picked up as a > spare. I'm wondering if I should have either one fresher up while I'm at it > (#20 valve guides etc, or #17 same thing and replace bent valves. What all > is involved in feeding a replacement chain back in since original is broken? > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
