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Old 06-03-2011, 12:11 AM
mbf mbf is offline
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Thanks for all the advice. Changed the cam oilers and cleaned em, the new ones were brown. Turns out I put the distributer on 180 degrees off. I turned the crank several times beforehand and it turned fine. I have a couple new problems now though.

The car has 140,000 miles and had never had the timing chain replaced or the timing chain guides. The inner left side guide was broken off right at the lower pin but the chain hadn't jumped teeth. The car idled rough but still was being driven. Now that I replace all the upper guides chain and tensioner it still idles rough. I took off the valve covers and rechecked the timing (i've done this sooo many times now) and the cams don't line up perfectly, at 1-2 degrees atdc it seems the left is a hair past its mark and the right is a hair before but not enough to be a tooth off on the right cam, is this normal?

When rechecking the valve train one of the rocker arms felt loose. Its hard to see from this photo but the rocker arm on the right sits lower on the lifter and I can wiggle it up and down, what does this mean and is this a problem, could it be related to the rough idle?

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