It may not be critical to operation but you'll experience what we in the Navy call FOD. Foreign Object Damage. Having a stray piece of metal drifting around in your timing chain cover riding the oil currents is probably not a good idea. Ask the others though. I may be overstating the situation. --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Travis Goodwin <tgoodwin@xxxx> wrote: > Okay, bare with me as I attempt to explain my situation. > > During my procedure of replacing the RS cam sprocket, I had to get into the > timing cover and push the piston back in to slacken the chain. That didn't > give me quite enough room so I removed the tensioning arm just below it. > This gave me the room I needed to slip the sprocket back on. > > However, when I took the tensioning arm off, I thought I heard the distinct > jingle of metal falling and hitting metal. I never saw anything and could > never figure out what fell. Apparently a washer that rests against the > engine block fell when I removed the tensioner. > > If you look at items 12, 13, and 14 you'll see my concern. > > http://www.usadmc.com/dmcstore/ViewDir.asp?PageID=9 <http://www.usadmc.com/dmcstore/ViewDir.asp?PageID=9&PageCat=1%> &PageCat=1% 2DEngine > > My question is, how crucial is this little washer? Should I take the cover > off (oh jeez, not again) and reinstall it? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1693352/R=0/SIG=11tralmvc/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=6 0178293&partid=3170658> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1693352/rand=694610263> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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