Check your chain tensioners !!!!

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:29 pm

Nige, this was the noise I was talking about ... now you realise why I didn't want to risk travelling in the Porsche

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:53 pm

ouch, that could've been an RAC moment on the A1

Bertroex · Post by **Bertroex** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:46 pm

Crickey James,

Close call or what?! Thanks for posting this- worthwhile checking on mine.

Bert

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:21 pm

I was always a bit nervous about opening up the cam covers, but after helping Mike open mine up in under 5 minutes with minimum oil loss I will make a point of examining my tensioners every 12 months as part of my annual service.

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:38 pm

Yep, Just did !
I seem to have some spare bits rattling around in there !

johnM · Post by **johnM** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:52 pm

I put hydraulic chain tensioners in my engine when it was rebuilt, despite the fact the wife was making lists of things to do around the house.

regards

tanick · Post by **tanick** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:34 am

James, somewhere a long time ago I saw a Bosch part number for the injectors and a statement that if you bought them from a Bosch supplier rather than Porsche they are about 2/3 the price. As the dollar's weak you could try Bosch in the US? Worth digging around and if you get anywhere, let me know as mine are shot too.

johnM · Post by **johnM** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:12 am

James

my injectors came from pelican, I tried bosch direct (in the UK) but they were expensive, about £70 + vat as Tanick suggests it may be worth trying bosch in the USA.

Regards

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:20 pm

I got my injectors from http://www.type-911.co.uk/home.htm

Genuine Bosch ones for £60.00 each + Vat

I have actually bought all my stuff from type911 as they have extremely good price & service

johnM · Post by **johnM** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:40 am

James

Just looked on pelican and the injectors are listed at $183 !!!

I ordered mine last august from them and paid $100

Now thats inflation.

Regards

butzsi · Post by **butzsi** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:46 pm

James,

I have some excellent condition throttle bodies if you are interested.

Regards........Chris

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:40 pm

Thanks Chris, but Mike is reconditioning my originals

Stripped the paint off my fan shroud today & now realise why it had been painted. The gel coating has cracked around the top of the shroud that fits around the fan. I'm investigating ways of repairing this. I don't really want to paint the shroud.

tanick · Post by **tanick** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:28 pm

Just looked on pelican and the injectors are listed at $183 !!! Shocked I ordered mine last august from them and paid $100

Now thats inflation.

Trouble with the weak dollar is that goods from europe cost more for the person youre buying from. You have to be careful

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:40 pm

bit of an update

Mike has replaced the old tensioners

The old ones were completly empty of oil

& one had welded itself together. Additionally the chain ramps were worn completly smooth.

So here are piccys of the new tensioners, new chains, new ramps & a new cam pulley.

We have not fitted the 'pelican' safety collars as the new chain is tight & doesn't allow enough of the tensioner shaft exposed to fit the collars. I will fit the collars in a year or so once the chains have stretched a bit.

Also worth noting that Mike bled the new tensioners & refilled them with oil & replaced the seals. The reason for this is you are never sure when they were manufactured & how long they have been sat on the shelf. It turned out Mike is right to be this careful as one of the new tensioners was not full of oil any way. Mike recommends all new tensioners be checked before fitting.

Alan @ CanfordClassics · Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:26 pm

Looking good