Forum specific to the 1995 and newer J-cars.
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OK i am trying to remove the valve cover on a 97 cavalier 2,4 ld9. i bought a manual and it don't say how to remove the cover with out removing the chain.
so do i have to remove the chain to take the cover off. because when i try to take the cover off it lift up and got stuck by the chain housing.
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What manual cuz my haynes says u do
*****BLAME IT ON THE ALCOHOL*****
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haynes is what i have. i just don't want to take every thing apart to get the cover off to do the gasket.
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Lol and thats just the cam tower housing its a pia one of the many resons i got a eco
*****BLAME IT ON THE ALCOHOL*****
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OK thanks so take it all off. grrrrrr.
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believe theres bolts in the timing chain houseing that come out
JBO since July 30, 2001 |
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technically they're cam covers, and theres 2 of them. but anyway yes you do need to remove the timing chain to gain access to the 4 bolts (per tower) that hold the timing housing to the cam tower and cover.
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gotta tilt the rear timing cover out away from front of engine jut enough to clear the front edge of he cam covers yep
been here done this a couple few times and i really dont plan on ever doing it ever again
got a 95 skylark out back its only about 120k miles on it runs but something wrong with cylinder 4 valve train something is broken in it and i am not even gonna try and repair it
just gonna scrap the car even though its a clean nice car
not worth all the effort and nightmare
-96 cavalier 2.2 auto 143k miles
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So you need to take out the timing chain to replace the can cover gaskets?  |
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yeah, it's not that hard.. -__-
2000 Oldsmobile Alero
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too much good stuff going to th scrap these days....
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You do not have to remove the timing chain to remove the cam towers. You can take the 2 bolts out through the holes in the cam gears.
Brad is a Shady Mother @!#$
MD Motorsports
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but you have to remove timing to remove cam gears to remove cam housings
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