i bought my car about 4 months ago and now i need to do my timing chain. would i be able to do this on my own at home?

i came across this guy selling his timing chain kit just wanted to know if his kit includes all the necessary stuff i need to change my timing chain. i m gonna try doing this myself as i dont got the money to go to a mechanic.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=526326


i will appreciate any help from you guys as its it will be a huge huge help to me.

 

Why do you need to 'do your timing chain'?

 

would it better if they made double row chains?

 

cause my car has 190k on it i dont know how much miles is that and its a 1995. when i just start the car i hear kinda of a clicking noise or metal brushing against metal kinda noise. and it has never got the timing chain adjusted before either so i thought well maybe time for new timing chain.

 

It would be useless because for one, I doubt there's room in the timing cover, and two, no one makes double row sprockets for the VQ.

 

Unless it's failed or stretched somehow, no need for replacement, really. Replace the tensioner and guide with the updated TSB part numbers, that should eliminate the timing chain rattle you get on cold starts.

 

so is there a way to check that if its stretched or just replace replace the guide and tensioner and then go from there?

 

is it possible for anyone to give me the part# for the giude and the tensioner please.

 

i always replace the chain for piece of mind. to me its like ripping down youre engine and re-using all the gaskets. just get the whole kit and chain

 

From what I can tell from searching, kit PN is 13070-31U26.

 

FSM doesn't even give length, just says look for wear or cracking and replace if necessary. I don't think anyone here has ever stretched a chain, and even it if had managed to stretch somehow the tensioner would keep it tight.

 

thanks alot pmohr i will try to take that plate off that sits on top of the timing chain and see wats wong. thanks again dude.i apprecite your help with this

 

Have fun, it's a *****. More so just tedious work because everything has to come off (for the new tensioner and guide) and it's a small space to work in.

Motor mount, AC, alternator, PS, crank pulley, all 15000 10mm bolts...yea.

 

not to mention drpoping the oil pan to get the other 2 10mm bolts to get the cover off, make sure you have a couple of cold beers this job sucks ***

 

Ah, right totally forgot about that. At least it's only the lower pan, if it were the upper I would've said **** it. I'd just plan the work right around time for an oil change.

 

Yes, if you buy a brand new chain and hang it from a nail alongside one with 200k that had been overheated an assload of times you will see that it does not stretch, at all, period. I did this 2 days ago.

 

allright dudes i m gonna go get the guide and tensioner and a case of beer for next weekend and get started on this friday and hope the beer will last me till sunday.

 

now i m more excited about the beer than the timing chain.

 

i heard that the timing chain lasts the life of the vehicle

 

hey man thats wat i thought until it started that clicking and knocking.

 

i think that if your going to all that hasle do the water pump as well

 

wat good swapping the water pump will do?

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=308680

 

Agree^^ once you see what a pain in the*** it is to change that guide you won't wanna do it again unless you have to. Especialy with motor in the car, atleast change the o rings.

 

trust take the advice its better to do all this **** at once even though i would have just saved up for a 3.5 if i could do it all over again anyway though keep a couple of ziploc baggies youll wat to keep all the 10mm bolts in order trust me.. oh besides the beer get plenty tubes of permatex i prefer the copper IMO that **** never leaks

 

I'm a fan of the permetex grey myself, I've had my timing cover off in the car twice no leaks yet DO NOT SKIP the step in the fsm that tells you to clean out the old gasket material from the bolt holes and tips of the bolts................

 

lol yea one more thing use a scraper- dont use sandpaper or anything else that can leave fine particlues behind inside the timing cover- or else you cna kiss youre bearings good by

 

i thank all you guys pmohr, slinky87, krrz350, maxprivate, maximus_pr and maxspeed96plat. for all this info and help.

 

with a good attitude like that id be glad to walk yo through anything else if you need the help

 

I'm going to throw some petrol into the fire and say that vq chains can stretch - my one did.

I brought a car not so long ago with a noisy chain cover. I had been doing some research on it and figured I just needed to change the tensioner. After changing the tensioner the noise was still there. So after alot of swearing I got the timing chain cover off and saw that the top chain guide was broken - 'No problem' I thought and I repaired the top chain guide. The noise still remained . So I opened her all up again and found the guide was broken again - At this point I was pretty pissed off so I went out and brought a whole timing chain set and replaced everything I could get at. When I removed the chain I held it up next to the new one - It had stretched about 10mm which I believe caused it to push into a funny angle and break the chain guide. I think it was also enough for it to skip links as the car seemed to idle a bit funny (like a diesel).

The car has 226K KM (~140K Miles) on it. It looks like the oil has been boiled at some stage also (red marks on the timing chain cover).

Now I could just be the odd one out - but if you do some google searching you will find nissan chains (on KA engines in particular) can stretch.

 

Thought I might add that the noise was there all the time - not just at startup (to avoid any confusion)

 

no prob thats why we all here

 

from wat you guys have told me so far i think wat the best thing will be to do is to just get the whole kit and the water pump and do them all at the same time.

cause u never know. the chain might stretch in two three months after i change the tensioner and guide. and then i would have to do all wat i have all over again.

 

i think wat i m gonna do is get the kit from the guy who is selling it on the org and buy the water pump locally.

 

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good luck post some pics i might do it withing the next 6 months or so

 

i have a water pump for 10 bucks plus shipping

 

What MAX and Slinky said, good luk

 

hey slinky87 is your water pump new or used

 

used got it off a 99 with around 70,ooo miles on it. nothing wrong with the pump the guy spun the rod bearings

 

thanks alot for the offer but i m considering a new one.