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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rwbenner" data-source="post: 1049423" data-attributes="member: 77842"><p>Thank you all for your intel and experience. Maybe I’ll also drop the pan and see if I’ve got some of the broken plastic chain guides that I’ve read about and then make the decision then of changing the chain guides in the top side. My biggest fear is loosing the timing chain while driving and when the valves get out of synch, they get slapped by the pistons and the motor is scrap. I’ve had two timing chains let go while actively driving (albeit both of them the were Pontiac 2.2 four banger at around 215k) and I wound up having to swap the motors cause no compression on 2 of the cylinders). But if swapping the timing chain tensioners and +/- the chain guides will help to prevent the jump or skip, maybe I’ll get some piece of mine. But I do like the suggestion of waiting until I start to hear start up chain chatter to pull the trigger on swapping things. But again, my fear is losing a timing chain while driving, or even at jumping out of synch.</p></blockquote><p></p>