Cars making a Desiling Noise, First places to check?

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Old 07-09-2007, 07:00 PM
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Default Cars making a Desiling Noise, First places to check?

Its making a desiling noise like my old 300DT mercadies. I dont know where to start looking as i jut bought the car. Maybe a vacume leak?
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Cam chain tensioner
Old 07-10-2007, 03:57 AM
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Default ...and check it soon or you'll have to drop the pan to pick all the pieces of the tensioner out...

...of the oil pump pickup.
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Default where is the cam Chain Tensioner And what exactly is wrong with it?

to tight to loose?
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Default Not sure how bad yours is, but these engines sound a bit like that at idle...

Mine always has some ticking at idle. Used to be worse before I did a seafoam treatment to the intake. Even the new 2.0T sound diesel ish.
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Back of the head under the valve cover. Guides are worn out.
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