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Old 10-28-2010, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by shertex View Post
How well does your friend know the oil history of the car? With proper oil and change intervals, it's hard to believe the chain would be bad with that kind of (low) mileage.
Would you even suspect a timing chain failure with these symptoms?! Again, the engine starts and runs... but it sounds awful and it smokes a lot... (black smoke).
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