Timing Chain or Belt?

sarg · #1 10th October 2022, 02:49 AM

Another Rugby resident huh? Where are you?

Sinner2004 · #2 10th October 2022, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by sarg

Another Rugby resident huh? Where are you?

Yes live in Hillmorton

sarg · #3 19th October 2022, 09:58 AM

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Yes live in Hillmorton

How funny.

My D2 lives between Hillmorton and Barby, I feel a mini-meet coming up!

Sinner2004 · #4 3rd November 2022, 12:17 PM

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How funny.

My D2 lives between Hillmorton and Barby, I feel a mini-meet coming up!

Hey dude,

Did you get my pm reply?

Sinner2004 · #5 3rd November 2022, 12:20 PM

Hi all,

Ok so I took my car to my local garage to get them to look over it and in the way I noticed the rear caliper was sticking slightly so another thing to add to the list 🥺 but the really scary part was there is a slight rattle coming from the rear of the engine 🥺 I really hope this isn't the chains? Any ideas people? It hasn't been run for years so I'm going to be doing an engine flush and service so I'm hoping it may just be it needs new oil here's hoping 😐

MikkiJayne · #6 3rd November 2022, 02:52 PM

Rear calipers are common so I wouldn't worry about that. You can rebuild them fairly easily or get them refurbed.

There's only one chain at the back, on bank1, and its extremely rare for the 32V to have chain problems - I've never heard of it tbh. Is it a regular ticking? If so, could be a sticky lifter. If its an irregular rattle then its likely some hardware loose - the downpipes have heat shields which are spot-welded on and which can come loose.

The 32V is pretty bomb-proof so I wouldn't expect anything serious is going on.

Sinner2004 · #7 4th November 2022, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

Rear calipers are common so I wouldn't worry about that. You can rebuild them fairly easily or get them refurbed.

There's only one chain at the back, on bank1, and its extremely rare for the 32V to have chain problems - I've never heard of it tbh. Is it a regular ticking? If so, could be a sticky lifter. If its an irregular rattle then its likely some hardware loose - the downpipes have heat shields which are spot-welded on and which can come loose.

The 32V is pretty bomb-proof so I wouldn't expect anything serious is going on.

Ah that's a relief then, well to be fair it hasn't been serviced in over 40k and that was 12 years ago.
So I'm going to flush the engine and do a full service on the car. I did manage to get it up on a ramp at work today and have noticed I've got a rather large engine oil leak, and also what looks like a large gearbox leak as it's dripping all over the cats.