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Old 10-03-2006, 08:01 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by Pampered-Z
He's had the car about a year and this is a new noise. It's louder then piston slap, but not loud like a rod knock could be. Almost sounds like it's behind the time chain cover?
not sure if the f-bodies have it, but the FWD 3.8s have a plastic-ish timing chain dampener (pushes against the chain to keep noise/vibration down) and eventually it gets worn out. might wanna look into that
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