In this case, its the rear one. Oil is cheap, timing chains are not. I'm very grateful that the replacement is being covered, but I wanted to see if anyone else did not have the guides covered in the replacement? If you did, Waldo points for you. Thanks, but to be clear, as I understand it and I am pretty sure I am right , it is not a recall, which has a very specific legal definition, but a Customer Satisfaction Program No. Started with water leakage from drainage tubes inside the car, thankfully there was a recall for that.
I drive 75 miles a day round trip to work and as a female I need something dependable! Remove the left bank secondary camshaft drive chain shoe. A warranty timing chain replacement is a warranty timing chain replacement. Disconnected the neg post of battery and reset the light. Very disappointed to say the least. Everything I'm reading on the internet shows this as a problem with much older vehicles with lots more miles than mine. Foreign vehicles have their problems too and we all know these big car companies aren't going to make a recall on their cars if they think they can get away with it.
I have decided to get rid of car and purchase new one. Based on posts here and my research, I expected the issue was to change the timing chain. Please check for availability, we are usually pretty busy with the Northstars. Get at the rear one from below the alternator. Then it started rattling, like the lifters had low oil, for about 5 seconds at startup. Guaranteed fit, this product will mount easily without modifications.
Remove the primary camshaft drive chain tensioner. Customers to whose vehicles it does apply have until February 28, 2013 to have their vehicles reprogrammed for free. Any thoughts or experience would be appreciated. I'm so ready to trade this car. A rattling sound especially on cold start-up is one of the early warning signs slack is developing.
Primary Camshaft Intermediate Drive Chain Tensioner Removal. After having the computer reprogrammed for a transmission hard down shift, the vehicle failed a emissions test for a state inspection. Has work been done to this engine before? Secondary Timing Chain Tensioner Removal - Right Side. They say now that is the problem. Just because this vehicle is new or newer dosent mean it can never experence problems. First time was a recall, second was under warranty.
Remove the right bank secondary camshaft drive chain tensioner. But I really do like it if I can just keep it out of the shop. If any sludge begins to build up, these orfices become plugged and parts are no longer getting the oil they need. Bought new gas cap and light turned off. But they have issues with timing chains, needing replacement. Some claim to have chain failures, with resulting valve to piston contact and damage.
A big shout out to Logan for posting the link to the Bulletin 11340A which gave me the phone number to Cadillac. Downside is it would take 1-2 weeks to get it fixed. A couple of days is all they should need for the job. The noise was concentrated on the front of the engine, and did not seem to be coming from the camshaft covers. Just remove the clip on the bracket that holds the water pipe close, and remove the bracket bolts. You disconnected the battery of course? Car would not start because the computer thinks the temperature is 180 F. We had put less than 400 miles on the car.
You have eased my mind but I'm still considering trading this vehicle off. At this point I decided to start checking into the issue and talking to other mechanics about it. Anything related to the timing change recall should be covered. I finally got around to disassembling the engine, and confirmed that the timing chain had elongated, had excessively worn the timing chain guides. Here at Northstar Performance, We have experience in repairs of the 3. And there's no way you could anyway, since they go out of position the minute you start the engine.
Making Northstar Engines Stronger Since 2008! All modern engines are interference engines, and if a valve is standing fully open and the engine is turned, the piston will hit that valve. Not to mention, if you do a quick search on the internet, you'll find forums, articles and videos of lots of owners that have had this part fail between 50,000-110,000 miles. I received a respond to my original complaint from a person saying, I was dishonest because I accused the dealer of trying to make money by telling me, the customer, that the water pump was bad and needed to be changed, during the replacement of my timing chains. She got to a parking area and turned it off. This is a camshafts position error code. Remove the left bank secondary camshaft drive chain tensioner. In fact at the time of this writing there is a very skilled mechanic named Nugget that put together 30 minutes of videos, divided into three sections, walking you through the Cadillac timing chain replacement procedure on a 3.
There are several different codes that might set in the computer if your chains developed slack. My check engine light came on and threw a P0008 code, which is the timing chain. If you hear this rattling sound all the time or on heavy acceleration I suggest that this problem is becoming worse. I didn't get much detail from them as I was driving on the highway, and too excited to find out that it was covered. Problem caused by pure ignorance on side of mechanic.