rm787
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- 2001 Ford Explorer Sport
Hello everyone,
I have a question I'd like to ask: why did Ford design the timing chain for these vehicles to have plastic guides..or should I say..a plastic cassette? Especially when it's impossible to remove and replace the timing chains on these vehicles without removing the engine from the vehicle? It seems that timing chain issues are common on these vehicles.
Anyway, the reason why I ask is because my father owns a 1994 chevy 3500 pick-up. The truck has run almost 500K miles on the original engine, and has never had a problem with the timing chain. Never been serviced. Based on the manual, the chain doesn't run on a plastic guide at all. It just runs on the sprockets, with a tensioner in there. I didn't see any kind of guide for the chain mentioned in the manual; guess it doesn't require one.
Why didn't ford do the same thing with this vehicle? It seems like a bad design flaw with plastic guides.
I did take a picture of my 2001 ford explorer under the hood...I'm trying to figure out where to find the front timing belt tensioner. I bought it used..so it's possible that a new updated tensioner was placed in the vehicle. I'll see if I can post a link to it later, as I'm not able to upload a photo here.
I have a question I'd like to ask: why did Ford design the timing chain for these vehicles to have plastic guides..or should I say..a plastic cassette? Especially when it's impossible to remove and replace the timing chains on these vehicles without removing the engine from the vehicle? It seems that timing chain issues are common on these vehicles.
Anyway, the reason why I ask is because my father owns a 1994 chevy 3500 pick-up. The truck has run almost 500K miles on the original engine, and has never had a problem with the timing chain. Never been serviced. Based on the manual, the chain doesn't run on a plastic guide at all. It just runs on the sprockets, with a tensioner in there. I didn't see any kind of guide for the chain mentioned in the manual; guess it doesn't require one.
Why didn't ford do the same thing with this vehicle? It seems like a bad design flaw with plastic guides.
I did take a picture of my 2001 ford explorer under the hood...I'm trying to figure out where to find the front timing belt tensioner. I bought it used..so it's possible that a new updated tensioner was placed in the vehicle. I'll see if I can post a link to it later, as I'm not able to upload a photo here.