S1L1K0N
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- City, State
- Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2008 Explorer V6 XLT
Ford did two basic TSB's for the engine. They always did the front tensioner and check valve first, hoping that would fix the noise. The timing cassettes have to lose(wear) quite a bit of plastic guide material before it causes any noise.
Do the two tensioners, yes no special tools are required for those. If you have any kind of valve train noise afterwards, I would be worried. Good luck,
Thanks for the reply!
I purchased the Explorer from a Ford dealer (a rural dealer) and after explaining the TSB to them (and the fact I just picked the Explorer up on Friday) they've verbally agreed to let me have the 2U3Z-6D256-CA kit for free. Am I correct in assuming this kit contains the primary jackshaft tensioner, as well as the two camshaft (front and rear) tensioner's? Does it also contain the oil check valve? Does the timing assembly have to be removed to replace the oil check valve? I'm pretty mechanically inclined, but I am leary of having to re-time the engine, even after borrowing the special cam locking tools from Ford. The dealer wants to quote me on doing the work themselves, so once I get an answer I'll be sure to post it on here.
Can the rear tensioner be replaced without removing the engine, looking back through the posts, this seems to be a bit of a grey area. I've also read that the front tensioner (camshaft) can be replaced without removing the upper intake - are these people referring the the camshaft tensioner, the jackshaft tensioner or both? Thanks again.
***EDIT***
The dealer quoted me $600 Cdn for the labour. This only includes the front of the engine. I checked with another dealer in town and the parts kit is $230 Cdn. I told them I'd get back to them, they said I could still have the parts for free regardless of whether or not I had the work performed by them.
I'm undecided on whether or not I should just attempt it myself...