Thread: E300 2.5 timing chain failure
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Old 01-24-2003, 03:32 PM
joe p joe p is offline
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In the last 8 months we have had a 606 with a broken chain and a 603 with 17 degs of stretch in the chain here.

I always recomend checking the timing and degree of stretch of one of these with more than 100k on it. Still not a perfect check for chain condition but, with the costs of repairing one that popped a chain, cheap insurance.


Just be sure to look at the gears closely as well.


There was a bulliten on the earlier 603's as well.



Joe
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