Did I just buy a clunker?

[bcredliner]

At 60,000 mile and any reasonable care of the engine the timing guides/chains should be good for at least another 40,000 miles. I think you have a good plan unless you have any timing guide failure symptoms.

I'm at 118,000+ miles, lots of engine mods and no symptoms. Only precaution I have taken is to replace the original design chain tensioner with the new design and somewhere around 115,000 miles I pulled the oil pan to check for timing guide pieces.

[X53Jay4.8is]

Originally Posted by AV8R4AA

Hello Jay,
You ask why it took so long?
Lemme tell you. I have only driven this X5 for about a week.
During that week, I had a trifecta. Since January I have had it parked.
While removing the ABS module, I noticed the headlights looked dull.
While refinishing the headlights, I noticed old coolant lines.
While replacing old coolant lines, I noticed ugly valve covers.
While replacing valve covers, I noticed 2 non factory ignition coils.
While replacing ignition coils, I noticed incorrect spark plugs.......

You see where this is going?

Okay all the more reason to go ahead and do the guides and timing chain. Are there leaks at the timing covers? I would do it for piece of mind down the road., Just saying it's what I would do.

[AV8R4AA]

Originally Posted by X53Jay4.8is

Okay all the more reason to go ahead and do the guides and timing chain. Are there leaks at the timing covers? I would do it for piece of mind down the road., Just saying it's what I would do.

The only leaks I have are the valve cover gaskets.
Xoutpost member Danny Z greatly assisted in getting my spare
set powdercoated in Imola Red. THANKS DANNY!

Since I have finally found my DREAM Imola Red / Black interior X5, I am in no
hurry getting it going.
It's low enough miles that I am just fixing, tweaking it to last another 10 years.


I started the engine tonight.
It had a scary 2 second start up.
I installed a new chain tensioner. It rattled then quieted right down.
Subsequent starts have been dead quiet and steady.

I did notice that my clutch fan is wimpy.
Time to replace it.
Someone here mentioned a 7 series fan and blade combo.
Is that the way to go?