Originally posted by RoadRunner:
Originally posted by dubkatz:
in 3 years of reading posts on this forum ive never heard of one cam or timing chain going south on our motors. 
nossvttour just swapped out his engine because at 79,000 miles the timing chains slipped.
If it is going to happen, it will happen on a 95 Duratec.
In 96, the design of the tensioners, guides and front engine timing cover where changed.
So obviously any 96 or newer Duratecs don't suffer from this problem,
and many of them have not gotten enough mileage on them to cause this problem to happen until now.
Yep PEte is right..... with 77k miles on my car the timing chain tensoinr went bad. I could not believe it with such low miles for a 95 contour but it did. Jenna you might want to look into a possible engine swap. I think if u doa straight up swap it would cost you less then replacing the cams. I did a swap motor and labor for about 1000$. The motor i got had only 20k on it. But on top of that i threw ina few other goodies to go with the more powerful engine but of course i spent more. Shoot me a PM. I'll see if i can get you a price on motor for u if u want.
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