Massive lifter tick?

[madjurgen]

EDIT: oh, yer talkin about running with teh VC off....sounds sketchy/

Whats sketchy about it? Not much different than taking your oil fill lid off while its running. You'll lose vacuum obviously and oil will spray everywhere. But as long as you only do it for a short amount of time, I cant think of any detriments to the motor.

http://www.pelicanparts.com/bmw/tech...er-Upgrade.htm

[dude8383]

i found something rather interesting.

since fredk is talking about the notch mating up and all...i realized on realoem the pic is a bit different to the tensioner i have.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/diagrams/m/i/20.png

and mine:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3085/2580937741_eb323e4a73_o.jpg

it doesn't have that notch in it like the one in the pic yet the p/n's match because this is exactly what i ordered from patrick.

ninja edit:

i actually upgraded to the s50 tensioner however my m50 came with the older tensioner (two-piece) and there was no notch at the end...

[dude8383]

found a thread on bimmerforums:

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=880607&highlight=chain+tensioner

EDIT: one more but unanswered.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=827187&highlight=chain+tensioner

dude pretty much has a related tensioner issue.

[golde30]

my s50 one-piece tensioner DOES have the notch for the timing chain rail.

[slo325i]

Good lord... it sounds exactly like my nissan with a really bad connecting rod after melting the pistons running it too lean...

[dude8383]

Good lord... it sounds exactly like my nissan with a really bad connecting rod after melting the pistons running it too lean...

im hoping that isn't the case, but its not something i can't fix.

my s50 one-piece tensioner DOES have the notch for the timing chain rail.

yeh mine does too but the rail itself doesn't.

[dude8383]

i may actually try removing the valve cover but not before i take a look at everything before i actually start it.

[dude8383]

http://www.pelicanparts.com/bmw/cata...ENGcam_pg3.htm

should i perhaps switch to the tensioner that is listed at the top?

i will be dropping the oil pan over the weekend and will most likely take of the front timing case cover in the process.

i think i will try my luck first and hope that its just the chain tensioner hugely mis-aligned.

[PiercedE30]

If your chain rail isn't pre-95(M50 style) and you are using a pre-95 (M50 style) notched tensioner, then you have the wrong tensioner.

[golde30]

i find that if you order by your motors VIN, then you will always have the rite parts matched up...

[PiercedE30]

Unless you find out you have a cracked block and have to grab a random one at work that has the least amount of shit on it to get it to the machine shop and don't realize it is an M52 block.


haha

[dude8383]

i find that if you order by your motors VIN, then you will always have the rite parts matched up...

haha thats how i ordered my rail guide.

Unless you find out you have a cracked block and have to grab a random one at work that has the least amount of shit on it to get it to the machine shop and don't realize it is an M52 block.


haha

well like i said above i ordered exactly what came with the motor...but i do see what your saying.

so which tensioner should i be ordering then? i want to use the one piece version..

[SpecM]

jeez it will run like that? is that even safe for the motor?

not for long its not! Cap off the PCV tube, tho, so it wouldn't suck air into the TB (vacuum leak!), I did this to diag a slack eccentric on my m20

[devonjordan]

That oil pan worked out for you then?...

Sorry cant help with the noises...

[dude8383]

That oil pan worked out for you then?...

Sorry cant help with the noises...

just got it today!

i will install it this weekend and let you know how it goes :)

just left ya some feedback btw.