What tensioners do I have? PICS
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Z07Brandon (07-15-2017)
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No clue. I'd be curious as well.
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The prima chain is actually the best indicator. It was only fitted to the engines with the newest tensioners from the factory.
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The new ones don't last for ever either. But you get more than the life of the plastic ones. I already have changed a set which were 'dead'
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Brandon, I wouldn't be concerned with your engine, it's an AJ27S with morse chains and Gen 3 chain/tensioner layout, it's a super slim chance of anything becoming an issue while you own it - I highly doubt you'll experience the dreaded tensioner issue earlier engines suffered from, your engine has Jaguar's remedies already fitted. Just sleep easy and enjoy.
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Thanks for all the info, Daim! So since it has the newer chain, does that mean it still has the plastic primary tensioners? I would think that since the newer chain was put in, they would have changed the primary tensioners if they were plastic. But, you never know until you remove and see.
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Brandon, I wouldn't be concerned with your engine, it's an AJ27S with morse chains and Gen 3 chain/tensioner layout, it's a super slim chance of anything becoming an issue while you own it - I highly doubt you'll experience the dreaded tensioner issue earlier engines suffered from, your engine has Jaguar's remedies already fitted. Just sleep easy and enjoy.
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IIRC yours has the "newer" style primary guides, which are a plastic plate over a metal plate, you can kind of see it in dead center of the second pic where the primary chain goes down towards the crankshaft. Which I believe are the ones that are supposed to be used with your style chain.