Recent content by Quadpr5

Hi Javid, its fairly straiggt forward to do, Mine hasnt rattled once on start up since I did the tensioner 10k ago. One bit of advice I would give is change your oil and filter right before you do this job by using the sump plug, You dont want old crappy oil in your new tensioner. the...

I hope so! I started it this morning and it's quiet as a mouse so to speak I guess time will tell however I'm fairly sure it will be fine. Going forward I'm going to do oil and filter changes at 7.2k whick is half of the recommended interval which will go some way to prevent premature chain and...

Cheers to everyone that chimed in. I went ahead (today) and changed the tensioner. Very fiddly as two or three bolts are difficult to get to. As a precaution I changed the oil & oil filter that had been in for 5k and after idling for 5 minutes I dipped and found the oil had stayed almost like...

Hi, I have a 2013 E220 CDI with 60k on the clock and it rattles on startup firtst thing for about 2 seconds. It's coming from the rear of the engine where the timing chain is. I plan to change the chain and tensioner in place rather than removing the engine as I'm assuming the guides with be...