Maintenance Suggestions for ‘97 XK8 with 30,000 miles
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They only have to fail once
Most who have done this job as PM report that the old tensioners were showing signs of failure. If you have the early gen 1 secondaries you may get a warning rattle before they let go. Or you may not.
Most who have done this job as PM report that the old tensioners were showing signs of failure. If you have the early gen 1 secondaries you may get a warning rattle before they let go. Or you may not.
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TheDude3 (04-07-2020)
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It is daunting that you need to dig so deep into a car with only 30K on the clock, but it is a well-documented and serious flaw. Do check the water pump at the same time as the originals on the early cars are another fail point.
On the big plus side, the style and sheer driving feel-good of these cars is priceless, IMO.
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DavidYau (04-26-2020)
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The shop did some digging into the tensioners and agreed that the secondaries were the real trouble spot and if/when the front end needs service I can do that primaries at that time. They discounted the tensioner replacement labor since I just paid them for the valve cover gaskets a few weeks ago, so I'm really not out that much.
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Sounds like your indy is being very fair with you.
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