Originally posted by 99Mystique ATX:
Originally posted by Meado1555:
Bosch platinum plugs
That's probably the misfire problem, how many miles on them??
As for the timing chain, does it go away?? Or does it just keep rattling??
If its the timing chain, I think there is a pulley that gets worn out inside...
Now I've seen several other posts to suggest you're right about Bosch plugs. Miles? I installed them sometime last spring; less than 20,000. These are supposed to be good for 100,000 per the tune up schedule?
I'll check the drive belt idler. Rattle is all the time, and is different from the startup noise that happens when it's time to change the oil (I assume the viscosity enhancers get depleted to cause that). I would think that anything making that much noise *inside* the cam gear housing would be audible through the screwdriver. I'll let you know what i find here when I do... about both.
'98 E0 Contour SVT
245,000 miles and counting.....
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