My S2K eats timing chain tensioners.......

sounds a bit like a diesel engine

like a bicycle with a poker card stuck in the spokes of the wheel

so it goes like fap fap fap fap fap but quicker than you can speak it

is this like a common problem for this chain tensioner?

fair percentage of s2ks get this issue

was a TSB back in the day but now that warranty's run out on most of them its no longer covered under the TSB

So the tensioner replacement is a 10min job. I'ts a DIY on a Sunday.

But the tensioner............how tough is that one chicken8?

Thanks for the reply too.

James.

im not too sure. the dealership did it. and it was a 1/2 day job

but i doubt they worked on it the whole day. they had to diagnose. replace. give it a service and a wash and i got a loan car for the day

but the guy who gave me my car back said it was a pretty quick job once they diagnosed it. i brought them a printout from S2KI describing the problem and what to check for as they said it wasnt a problem the first time i went to see them

does this chain tensioner sound like really loud injectors?

It sounds like a rattle. Very metallic.