What are the real ones?
What are the real ones?
How much would it cost to replace them
2003 300B DBP Marauder "beauty"
Born 2/4/2003
Adopted 8/17/2010
2003 300A black Marauder "beast"
Adopted 7/15/2015
2013 Hyundia Elantra "eeew"
2013 Ford Explorer, loaded, nice truck!
Adopted 12/6/2017
I have the same sound at start up, and did the timing cause i had tensioner issues last year, guess what same old sound at start up . Bendix is probably not disengage from flywheel in time
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Vin: 2MEHM75V63X615175
Build Date: 6/10/2002
Serial#: 995 of 7839
995 of 7093 Black
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I put a MM motor in my Mach 1. Has this same sound at start up but also has a tick at low steady cruzing RPM. I can let off or give more throttle and it goes away. Everything I read says its the timing guides and tensioners. I hope it is because I am getting ready to drop 400+ on a timing set and a weekend to install it. I do not think the starter would make the light throttle rattle tick I have.
This has been an old thread - shows how much I've driven this car in the last few years. Since my first post about the rattle at start up I've taken it to three different dealers. The first two said what many on here have said: "It's normal" or "It's not a big concern". One did tell me I had the wrong oil filter on it which was BS. He showed me a filter that I know didn't come off my car.
All that being said, I've just never had time to dig into the car myself. With the daughter reaching driving age, it had to come back on-line so I took it to a third dealer (Friendly Ford, Springfield, MO) who agreed to do the work.
As you can see, heavy wear is noted on all guides with pieces of them actually gone. The large piece was found in the oil pan. The tensioners were about to lose their seal and disassemble themselves. The timing ring with a missing tooth is a bonus find.
135,000 miles everyone. Rattled for 20k. Don't fool yourself! Change them early or lose an engine. It's a totally different car (like it was when I bought it new) now.
^ About what I figured.. I have 191k on mine, think I'll just build a shortblock..
03 Marauder 300a
392 hp / 406 tq
To save money I replaced just the guides and tensioners this weekend. Ordered everything from Summit 4 guides 2 hydraulic tensioners for 171. My old guides were worn down to the metal. The new guides helped with the light throttle rattle but not 100%. I still have the rattle at start up but that may be the starter from what I have read in threads.
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