well i went to go wash my car today and noticed it had no power what so ever and a ticking noise under the hood no not the VTCs

came home popped the hood and pulled both valve covers off
saw that my rear timing chain has been grinding against something

since i have got the car in peices
what should i get and where

my timing chain tensioner is sticking soo thats 55 bucks
my timing chain is bad now another 23 bucks

figured i would replace the oil pump, water pump and some other stuff


i need some help on what i should get to get my car running better

i will try to get pictures tomorrow

thanks


Kyle Cisneros




edit: i know a guy that is selling his VE for 300 bucks with 170k on the motor
might end up buying that and freshen it up

yall are not helping me here

what should i get while the motor is torn apart

 

Rebuild the VTCs while you're at it

 

Just thought I'll add this in VG30DE pistons, Total Seal rings, and ARP rod bolts.

 

be sure to replace the idler pulleys for the timing chains too. they run on a copper bearing/bushing that's lubed by oil. when that thing wears out, it causes the timing chain to get out of alignment and rub on stuff.. probably the cause of your problems.

replace everything on the front end of the engine.. all three chains, bearings, idlers, tensioners, etc. rebuild VTCs or replace.

If the compression is good on the engine, don't bother tearing it down unless you have signs of metal shavings in the engine. might want to pull a cuple of the cam bearing caps and look for any scratching there. it's a quick and easy way to tell if there's any major damage in the engine. if it hasn't hurt them, then the rest of the engine should be okay. just be sure to flush out all the oil gallies you can while you have the front end apart.

 

IIRC, my motor has ~145k on it. Is this type of maintenance something I need to worry about right now?

 

The oil pump isn't easy to get at, so I'd scratch that one off Unless someone knows otherwise.

Are you looking to fully rebuild or just get it going again?

 

well since the top of my motor is open

i figured we would replace the oil pump any way
chains and tensioners have to be replaces sooo it wouldnt matter how hard it would be

just wish there was an easier way to get to the oil pump


thanks

i will get pictures soon of the rebuild


Kyle Cisneros

 

Might as well pul the engine to make life a lil easier.

 

See how quickly this just jumped from thinking ahead for preventative maintenance to total rebuild?

 

where is the oil pump at on our VE motors?

how hard would it be to replace the tensioners and the chains too?

also

where is the water pump too?


thanks


Kyle Cisneros


edit: also i was wondering if any one had any sort of diagram for the vtcs??

 

some guy is sellin a se (ve powered) where i live with 354k miles on it. he says it runs good and its the original motor

 

wow dude, you don't even know where the water pump is!? You had better get yourself a FSM and do some reading.

 

well i have never bothered with the motor

last time i did i almost fried the vtcs soooo
sorry

yes i do have the fsm on here
i just got to find it


but thanks yall for giving me ideas to get


Kyle Cisneros