CAM CHAIN SERVICE/CHECK 4.8GRX

[NISMOnator]

Hi Almal,

Ive been looking around, been going through the manual. Service manual, no where it mentioned the CAM CHAIN to be checked?

Am I missing something somewhere?

Thanks

[David]

Those timing chains last very long and normally lasts the lifetime of the engine. Forget about it till it gets noisy

[NISMOnator]

Noisy meaning?

[David]

They tend to rattle due to stretch and worn guides and your timing will become retarded

[NISMOnator]

For how many km are they good for normally?

[David]

How long is a piece of string? I don't know - it depends on how hard the motor worked. Some do 500k+ km but one of my work colleagues had to replace a timing chain on his C 180 Mercedes @ 35k

[NISMOnator]

Thanks David,

Point taken, I just heard that the CAM CHAIN is a non serviceable item and that it is apparently good for 800 000 km. And that just sounded like really high and I know out Patrols are like tanks, but that just sounded heavy.

Thanks