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Thanks for the offer on the tensioner,i ordered things before I seen yours.Locally they want an arm and a leg for parts to be ordered in.I have never used rock auto parts online but i did this time. cloyes tentioner p/n 95324 $44.79 timing pulley w/cam arm $ 68.xx T/belt $ 36.xx huge spread in parts...

I cannot push in the plunger by hand,maybe only 1/2 way by hand.OK new info ,with the timing cover off and running I found i can take the handle end of my plastic hammer and put pressure on the timming belt and make the racket stop.Working on a budget ,do you guys have a guess which item would be th...

I dont know if it will sound different with the covers on,that will be next,can you tell by looking at the tenioner if its bad? The pulleys feel ok.I am back outside to play with it more.Anyone have a working link for timing belt /sprocket alignment?I am sure I have it right but a good set of pics w...

It didnt die before?Does the engine sound different?feel different?Did the belt break or was it just due?

I posted up about a week ago looking for help on this noisy K8,At idle it sounds like a tractor off idle its ok,pulled the timing belt marked were it was,checked all the pulleys and tensioner looked/felt fine.Put it back like it was,all kinds of racket from the tensioner,started fresh,lined up all t...

There is a hole in the back that faces the block,I could take a pic, dont know how to post it. So the tentioner only works off spring tenstion. OK thanks

93 K8,on the back of it there is a hole for what looks like oil can pressurize it,but there is no oil feed on the block,could it be the wrong tensioner? Please help

4 hours for a pro., but more like 4-6 for an average joe. I'd bet on FGS, but HLAs are notorious for ticking too, so you really need to ask a mechanic to listen to it and tell you which it is and then fix it yourself. HLAs will tick at all RPMs and FGS will tick more tword idle and less in higher R...

One more thing that is confusing,I heard book time to do a timing belt is about 4HRs. And on that TSB it said 4.0HRs to do a FGS.Why is that? seems it would be a lot more than 4hrs for the FGS,what gives?THANKS

sounds more like rear band passenger side,So you can have 1 bad HLA and have that racket? I already read the TSB's just want to get a better feel before tearing off the intake.One more thing,anyone have a pic of a FGS? I gather it is an after thought added on not something that is put on at the fact...

I have been searching for info on this awesome site for a couple days now ,found some info and links,TSB reguarding my problem.I still need some direction from one of you experts that do this all the time,I have noticed some on here that seem to do just that.1993 MX3 K8 130K,I just bought it for a g...