Darenp
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- Location
- Washington
- Vehicle Year
- 2001
- Make / Model
- Ford ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
I have acquired a 2001 that has 123k miles on it. It has never had the timing chain tensioners replaced, and it doesn’t rattle on start up or while driving around. I was thinking about replacing them because I have read that they should be replaced every 70k. A buddy of mine said if they are that old then to just leave them because the old tensioners might be holding the old guides together and once I take the tensioners out the guides might fall apart. Does anybody know if there is any truth to that? If I change the tensioners and the guides fall apart would it still be okay to start it up to drive into the garage to pull the engine? Or would it be dead and have to repaired in the same spot.