I've had the car for about 3 years, and it's closing in on 200k miles. Not sure when the last timing chain inspection/replacement was done. I bought the chains today, and plan to replace them with the upper guide rails over the weekend.
You both mentioned the chain tensioners...how do i determine if they need replaced? The cost of these parts isn't trivial, so I wouldn't want to replace unless I knew they were an issue.
I believe another symptom that might indicate chain slack from another post I read is engine power. Especially when I hit the gas from a standstill, i will push the gas pedal and sometimes get no response for 3 seconds or more...pretty scary when making a turn across traffic!
Thanks for your help!!!
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