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Old 03-29-2017, 05:25 AM
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My 4.6is is on 120k miles and I'm already starting to have nightmares about the guides - I've got zero service history but the engine is absolutely silent on startup and when running so hopefully I should be ok until I have time to tackle it.
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Originally Posted by X53Jay4.8is View Post
On my personal 4.6is the guides started to go at 99k mikes and what gave it away was a whirring sound that I thought was one of the pulley bearings, alternator bearings,or a/c compressor bearings
So...some 7,000 miles after I contributed to this thread and was a little concerned about my guides failing at the mileage I was on and this exact whirring symptom occured.....120 miles later and my engine is rattling badly due to chain guide failure.

Do it sooner rather than later people - I think to be safe any engine over 100k it should be done without delay.
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