LS3 Timing chain -CLOSE CALL - heads up
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LS3 Timing chain -CLOSE CALL - heads up
I dropped my car off to have the cam installed and while they were doing the swap they noticed a pin cam out of the tensioner and bent one of the teeth on the gear. I haven't seen it yet myself, but wanted you guys to know because there have been several LS3 threads about timing chain failures... I'm so glad that I decided to do the swap when I did because I was about to have a major failure...
It's an A6..... (most of the other issues I've seen have been on the manual cars).
It's an A6..... (most of the other issues I've seen have been on the manual cars).
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I'm pretty sure you can get the date along with the service history from the vin # I'm pretty sure one of the guys that lost a timing chain the assumption was a pin had started to pull out..
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Hmm. So this is was almost an issue on a stock car? No cam or UD pulley? This may be a new clue in the TC epidemic. Please pass along anymore info you may get.
Oh yeah. Glad you caught it in time.
Oh yeah. Glad you caught it in time.
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I'm now convinced that an aftermarket pulley swap needs a tensioner swap (to an LS2)...
I think it's the combo of the smaller pulley with the new spring LS3 tensioner...
Some people thought it was an ASP issue as well (throw that theory out the window)
I think it's the combo of the smaller pulley with the new spring LS3 tensioner...Some people thought it was an ASP issue as well (throw that theory out the window)