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- 1999 ford explorer sohc
My new one has zero rattle but you can hear the chains on the guides at 650 rpm hot like all the ones in These vids it's normalIt's the metal backed guides making the extra noise, my old 2001 XLT, 4.0 2WD was slightly above silent like your 99, and the guy still drives it. I have an extra SOHC sitting here though, a 99 Sport, ford reman from the EARLY 2000s out a truck that didn't break 136K miles that's DEAD silent, like ZERO rattle. Gotta buy a truck eventually for that, thinking a mid 2000s Ranger.
I'll take a slightly noisy engine with better guides
Over a not much quieter one with all plastic guides
I am happy now I know it's normal now