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Hi looking at a BA2 XR8. I have read that BA had the plastic tentioners that needed replacement.
I read in other places that they were changed in BA2 Does anyone know definately when they were changed to metal tensioners. So much opinion in threads without proof.
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| Papa Smurf |
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AFAIK, the metal tensioners were standard fitting on very late BAII's and then on BF's.
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| xr6turnip |
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The car is a august 05 ba xr8. Is that a plastic or metal tensioner car?
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| Papa Smurf |
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xr6turnip wrote: The car is a august 05 ba xr8. Is that a plastic or metal tensioner car? It SHOULD be metal ones? |
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A friend of mine has a MKII XR8, 05 model, don't know the actual build date, but it has the plastic tensioners......I will be replacing them next thursday.......I'll take pics along the way.
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| cjh |
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It turns out they are metal ones.......but I noticed the left bank Morse chain tensioner has been pumping a lot.....the piston on it had quite a wide shinny bit, compared to the others.
When I removed it, it had very fine metal contamination behind it......where it gets fed oil pressure. Also, that cam chain was stretched quite a bit too. So, now the car sits waiting for chains to come......also had to make a tool to hold the cams still. I'll post photos later.
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Some pics...............
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