Hi everyone....
A bit of background! I have a CLS55 that I bought a year back and the head gasket blew on the passenger side.....
My knowledge of engine repairs before the blown head gasket incident only applied to changing brakes.
I successfully managed to replace the Head Gaskets and got the car to fire up no problems. But....there was an oil leak above the alternator where the Chain Tensioner resides.
I remember distinctly when putting the engine back together that the chain tensioner was a pain in the **** to put back in but managed to do it and get the right torque spec once I got it in by hand.
Now 2 scenarios await me:
1. I didn’t tighten it correctly and i can have a go again by taking it out and replacing the Tensioner gasket and then putting it back in.
Or
2. I screwed the thread up as I tightened up the tensioner.....
My question is...if it is Scenario 2...do you guys have any idea of how to fix the threads if that is at all possible??
One silver lining is that the Tensioner is not on the main body of the lower block...maybe I can replace the front cover of the engine as a worst case??
A bit of background! I have a CLS55 that I bought a year back and the head gasket blew on the passenger side.....
My knowledge of engine repairs before the blown head gasket incident only applied to changing brakes.
I successfully managed to replace the Head Gaskets and got the car to fire up no problems. But....there was an oil leak above the alternator where the Chain Tensioner resides.
I remember distinctly when putting the engine back together that the chain tensioner was a pain in the **** to put back in but managed to do it and get the right torque spec once I got it in by hand.
Now 2 scenarios await me:
1. I didn’t tighten it correctly and i can have a go again by taking it out and replacing the Tensioner gasket and then putting it back in.
Or
2. I screwed the thread up as I tightened up the tensioner.....
My question is...if it is Scenario 2...do you guys have any idea of how to fix the threads if that is at all possible??
One silver lining is that the Tensioner is not on the main body of the lower block...maybe I can replace the front cover of the engine as a worst case??