[928uk] High Mileage Nervousness - Cam Chains

Sat Oct 17 18:11:42 UTC 2015

Ah! you guys know how to live high on the hog  :)

Mit freundlichen Grüssen/ with best wishes

Marton Hasenberg

076 514 84 08
On 17/10/2015 20:07, Geoff Symonds via 928uk wrote:
> In deep with the Trevor😄 I feel an evening at the Ace and a curry are 
> due?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 17 Oct 2015, at 19:02, Paul <ukkid35 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:ukkid35 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Geoff you are always a saviour, but I'm far too lazy to pull the 
>> covers at this point. I certainly can't hear any rattles, but as I 
>> mentioned originally the indisputable symptoms that Jon mentioned are 
>> broken cam teeth in the oil. Thankfully todays oil change was was 
>> totally devoid of spare teeth, so at least nothing untoward has 
>> happened yet.
>>
>> Paul
>> 87 S4 Manual 229k
>>
>> On 17 October 2015 at 18:35, Geoff Symonds <geoffsymonds at live.com 
>> <mailto:geoffsymonds at live.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     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!
>>
>>     Sent from my iPhone
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>>     On 17 Oct 2015, at 18:18, Vince Dallimore via 928uk
>>     <928uk at lists.928.org.uk <mailto:928uk at lists.928.org.uk>> wrote:
>>
>>>     Painting the manifold and cam covers is a specialist process,
>>>     not DIY.
>>>
>>>     Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>     Vince Dallimore
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>>>     On 17 Oct 2015, at 15:37, Paul via 928uk <928uk at lists.928.org.uk
>>>     <mailto:928uk at lists.928.org.uk>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>     Thanks Marton, but that's not quite as reassuring as it might
>>>>     be as my car now has nearly 400k km on the clock.
>>>>
>>>>     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.
>>>>
>>>>     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.
>>>>
>>>>     Paul
>>>>     87 S4 Manual
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     On 16 October 2015 at 19:26, marton hasenberg via 928uk
>>>>     <928uk at lists.928.org.uk <mailto: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?
>>>>
>>>>         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?
>>>>
>>>>         Mit freundlichen Grüssen/ with best wishes
>>>>
>>>>         Marton Hasenberg
>>>>         Rheinstrasse 2
>>>>         8193 Eglisau
>>>>         Switzerland
>>>>
>>>>         076 514 84 08
>>>>         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.
>>>>>
>>>>>         Some time ago I do remember Jon (now resident in Oz)
>>>>>         posting about aged and stretched chains ripping teeth off
>>>>>         of camshafts - not pleasant!
>>>>>
>>>>>         Has anyone had any experience or insight on this issue?
>>>>>
>>>>>         Paul
>>>>>         87 S4 Manual - 230k miles
>>>>>
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