I was wondering if any of you turbo guys have problems with the timing chain tensioner (TCT) going out on you quicly? when i got my motor built by inlinepro back in november they replaced the tct because it was bad. Well... it went bad again and i replace a new one from hardtopguy back in Feb. Now its going bad again!

So does anyone else have this problem or anyone can help me with this? I know it could go bad do to low oil but i have only done my oil change once and i only put 18xx miles on the motor. I always checked my oil and its in top shape.

 

what kind of oil do you use, I use Mobil 1 and some people on here blame that, also I know that some people (Billman) do something to grind the worm gear? or something like that and it usually fixes it

 

i use mobil 1, will be using royal purple on my next oil change.

would you like to calibrate on the worm gear? any more info on this?

 

PM Billman250, something about sandblasting it, I dont remember much more than that,

also your screename is Allmotor, but you are posting this in the F/I section, if you are turbo dont use Royal purple, tends to heat up too much and cake up, I would go AMSOIL

 

thanks for the tip, i'll surely to use AMSOIL

yeah, ignor the sn lol

 

Castrol syntec 10w40 is very good too.

 

Do you have a 3mm head gasket?

 

just sandblast the worm gear inside the tct. mine crapped out on me and i bought a new one. 3,000 miles later the new one crapped out. i had the gear sandblasted and installed the old one and not a problem since. i also sandblasted the new one just incase so i can have a spare. do not buy another one, it will be a waste. im aslo using mobil 1.

 

no 3mm headgasket here.

 

tell me more about this. PM me if you could.

Thanks