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Old 03-11-2017, 07:59 PM
shertex shertex is offline
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Originally Posted by BusterBoyBenz View Post
1991 300D 2.5 Turbo cars are covered by the TSB detailing the defective/sub-standard timing chains and the eventual premature sprocket wear. A careful examination of the chain and the cam sprocket would be in order particularly if no other obvious source of this noise is not readily identified.
I don't think that's correct (unless there's a second TSB of which I'm unaware). The TSB on defective timing chains on that engine affected a certain range of serial numbers in 1993.

See posts 14 and 15 of this thread for details.

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/56836-93-2-5-turbo-timing-chain-replacement-interval.html
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