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      03-06-2022, 08:34 AM   #12
Billfitz
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Originally Posted by wrongmark View Post
I'm worried that the timing chain guides might have been on their way out and I've finished them off with the new tensioner, causing it to skip timing.
Doubtful. When the guides are shot the chain doesn't skip timing, it jumps off the sprockets entirely. Since the symptoms changed when you fiddled with the actuator that might indicate that you're on the right track with that.
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I just don’t understand how it ran fine for first couple of mins.
That may indicate that it's a minor fault, not major.
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