so had al carson_sri round on friday for cam chain change
much to my surprise it was a bit more work than just a chain
parts off
evidence of a broken chain guide
what chain guide lol you can see the chain has been hitting the bolt for the guide and the balancer chain sprocket
the tensioner was past the last notch and almost ready to drop the end out
had also noticed the inlet cam was worn on the lobes over #4 (lower cam) replacement cam (upper)
heres a pic of the donor cam from a vec c 2.2
after blowing out the oil gallery and fitting the cam then the new chain set i went about removing the sump to recover the extra bits
there were parts of the broken chain guide in the oil pickup tube that were causing oil flow problems
heres the bits from the sump
sump rebuilt
here it is all back together
all in all now a happy z22se owner
al has some more pics i only got a few as i was on the job
side note the chain guide was broken @<88k miles looks to never have the chains changed
much to my surprise it was a bit more work than just a chain
parts off
evidence of a broken chain guide
what chain guide lol you can see the chain has been hitting the bolt for the guide and the balancer chain sprocket
the tensioner was past the last notch and almost ready to drop the end out
had also noticed the inlet cam was worn on the lobes over #4 (lower cam) replacement cam (upper)
heres a pic of the donor cam from a vec c 2.2
after blowing out the oil gallery and fitting the cam then the new chain set i went about removing the sump to recover the extra bits
there were parts of the broken chain guide in the oil pickup tube that were causing oil flow problems
heres the bits from the sump
sump rebuilt
here it is all back together
all in all now a happy z22se owner
al has some more pics i only got a few as i was on the job
side note the chain guide was broken @<88k miles looks to never have the chains changed
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