[928uk] High Mileage Nervousness - Cam Chains

[Geoff Symonds via 928uk]

Painting manifold and covers army nessesarily a pro job.... It's all in the preperation;) Paul... If you desperate I have a set of chains and guide pads ( top and bottom) that you can have until you replace them from Roger!

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> On 17 Oct 2015, at 18:18, Vince Dallimore via 928uk <928uk at lists.928.org.uk> wrote:
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> Painting the manifold and cam covers is a specialist process, not DIY. 
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>> On 17 Oct 2015, at 15:37, Paul via 928uk <928uk at lists.928.org.uk> wrote:
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>> Thanks Marton, but that's not quite as reassuring as it might be as my car now has nearly 400k km on the clock.
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>> Thanks also to Roger, I hadn't considered that there would be significant difference in the quality of the chains available. I did replace the nylon pads, but that was 60k miles ago, so they may be worn again by now.
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>> As for getting the cam covers painted, Paul has a very good point, but I have recently aquired a mild addiction to powder coating due to the work on my other car.
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>> Paul
>> 87 S4 Manual
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>>> On 16 October 2015 at 19:26, marton hasenberg via 928uk <928uk at lists.928.org.uk> wrote:
>>> I would expect (same as for those motors that use cam chains instead of cam belts) that you would get some noise from the chains before they get to a really bad state?
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>>> They claimed with my 5.0 Mustang that the cam chains would last at least 400K Km and you would hear a lot of noise before they gave way.  Those chains would likely have more stress than the 928's?
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>>> Mit freundlichen Grüssen/ with best wishes
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>>>> On 16/10/2015 19:44, Paul via 928uk wrote:
>>>> The only thing that currently makes me slightly nervous about my engine is that I'm on the original cam chains.
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>>>> Some time ago I do remember Jon (now resident in Oz) posting about aged and stretched chains ripping teeth off of camshafts - not pleasant!
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>>>> Has anyone had any experience or insight on this issue?
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>>>> Paul
>>>> 87 S4 Manual - 230k miles
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