Car just died
#32
Messed with the gears? Maybe, but they get replaced with the timing chain set anyway. Messed up the cam? Not as likely. And messed with the pistons, absolutely not. With that, you're thinking of an "interference" type engine where a snapped timing belt can make the pistons whack the valves. Chevy engines are not interference engines.
But if you're curious, here's a list of what engines are: http://www.aa1car.com/library/timing...ce_engines.htm
But if you're curious, here's a list of what engines are: http://www.aa1car.com/library/timing...ce_engines.htm
#34
So here is my new problem with the timming chain and gears...U got the front of the motor taken out and the timming chain cover but when i took the timming chain cover off i discovered the chain is in tack but the gears are torn to bits te teach are all gone some are groken off and i cant even tell if it is allighed any more thats how bad its broken...anyone help with this
#35
plastic gears? at the least your gona need to take the pan off and clean all the pieces out, if metal has gotten into the oil then it would be a good idea to replace the bearings, you might be able to clean it good and be fine. all depends on if any damage has been done and if you can get most all of the pieces out, even then it may or may not be ok in the long run. im sure you could clean it good and go for the short term. a new set of timing gears and chain and you can set the sprockets easy.
#36
And it probably resembles this. All the chunks of nylon gear coating ended up in the oil pan, you gotta drop the pan to clean it out.
If some of the metal teeth chipped off, those pieces would have ended up in the bottom of the oil pan too.
If some of the metal teeth chipped off, those pieces would have ended up in the bottom of the oil pan too.
Last edited by Camaro 69; 09-12-2010 at 01:09 AM.
#37
actually the gasket i have for the oil pan and the timing cain cover protected it no parts fell into the oil pan it all fell out when i took the cover off...but do you know if it is aa single or double roller gears and timing chain
#38
As part of the engine's oil flow, it runs through the timing chain area and into the oil pan. The pan isn't sealed off from above, even with the cover on. Don't be sure you got all the pieces, I'll bet you didn't.
#40
You currently have a factory single gear (not a roller) like the one in the picture above.
With a double roller set, you have two gears side by side, and a double chain.
Be sure to get a "true" roller type, and Cloyes is a good name to get. The double chain sets call themselves a "roller", but a "true" roller chain has roller bars that spin and roll themselves into the sprockets of the gears. That reduces friction, and chain wear. Not all are created equal, and you will see both roller and true roller advertised as such.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CLO-9-1100/
With a double roller set, you have two gears side by side, and a double chain.
Be sure to get a "true" roller type, and Cloyes is a good name to get. The double chain sets call themselves a "roller", but a "true" roller chain has roller bars that spin and roll themselves into the sprockets of the gears. That reduces friction, and chain wear. Not all are created equal, and you will see both roller and true roller advertised as such.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CLO-9-1100/