prayforsurf0
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- 1998 Ford Explorer XLT
Just wondering if this sound I'm hearing on startup is my timing chain, though it doesn't exactly match the sound people describe, it does occur at startup and my SOHC is hitting 235 K !
From what I've heard online through videos and descriptions, timing chain is more of an abrasive, metallic, rattling. What I'm hearing sounds more liquidy, like the coolant moving around in the tubes. Almost like a bubbling. If I were asleep and the sound made its way into my dreams, I feel like the visual would be marbles being gentle agitated in a sealed PVC tube filled with oil. Its not a dry, rattling sound or metal clanking around and it goes away pretty fast.
Ive taken to starting my vehicle up by cranking for 10 seconds with gas pedal floored, and then allowing it to start once I release the gas pedal on the first start up of the day. I've been advised this builds oil pressure in the engine before allowing it to start. But sometimes I still get the marbles, in an oil filled tube noise even with this start up procedure.
Are we certain this is the beginning of the end, or could it be something else ?
Thanks !
From what I've heard online through videos and descriptions, timing chain is more of an abrasive, metallic, rattling. What I'm hearing sounds more liquidy, like the coolant moving around in the tubes. Almost like a bubbling. If I were asleep and the sound made its way into my dreams, I feel like the visual would be marbles being gentle agitated in a sealed PVC tube filled with oil. Its not a dry, rattling sound or metal clanking around and it goes away pretty fast.
Ive taken to starting my vehicle up by cranking for 10 seconds with gas pedal floored, and then allowing it to start once I release the gas pedal on the first start up of the day. I've been advised this builds oil pressure in the engine before allowing it to start. But sometimes I still get the marbles, in an oil filled tube noise even with this start up procedure.
Are we certain this is the beginning of the end, or could it be something else ?
Thanks !