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I have to pull the engine to repair my rear, timing chain guide, and trying to figure out how, the right way, to seperate the engine, from the bell housing of the automatic transmission on a 2000 explorer, 4x4, 4.0 SOHC. I am retired/disabled, and have not messed with any of these that do NOT...

Has anyone attempted to put something else, in one of these besides the 4.0 SOHC?

Thanks! Guess it is time to pull the other valve cover.

I have the front of the engine torn off, so I can see the timing components, also pulled the drivers side valve cover, and I am NOT seeing a problem, no unusual wear, nothing, no broken guides, nothing, any thoughts?

5w - 30w, did it before, and after the oil change, it does sound like it could be in the timing chain guide, but I just wondered why, on a cold start, it makes no noise.

Thanks, I had read that before I made my original posting. This link said that the timing noise wa at start up at first, when oil pressure was low, my noise, is only there after the motor has ran about 2 minutes and longer after a cold start up. That is what has me confused.

Hello forum, , I bought a 2000 Exploder, Eddie Bauer, 4x4 with the 4.0 SOHC engine in it. Has 117k on it, been babied, and taken care of. It has a noise, like timing componets, but it is coming out of the drivers side valve cover, what is funny/different, to me is, that it doesn't do it...