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Old 03-30-2015, 02:11 PM
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Re: 1998 3.1 timing chain longivity=-

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Originally Posted by jeffcoslacker View Post
My harmonic balancer started falling apart around 190,000 so I replaced the timing chain and gears and damper while I had the balancer off. Surprisingly they were still in good shape. Probably could have gone another 100,000.
is there any way easy way for my skilled , honest mobile mechanic to tell when the timing chain is about used up?

does it usually just break apart or skip a sprocket or what?

as always , thanks for your advice jeff.
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