My customer burned all his luck with his car for the next three years

Hydraulic tensioner?

Too many burnouts.


Lucky mofo, bent valves and holed pistons were a mere heartbeat away.

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Originally Posted by JMBD2112

Hydraulic tensioner?

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Yup

you said it was a Mini..... was it airborneranger's?

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Originally Posted by BPTactical

Too many burnouts.


Lucky mofo, bent valves and holed pistons were a mere heartbeat away.

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No doubt....5 months too., damn lucky.

I'd brought to my shop the minute I heard those noises.

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Originally Posted by TheBelly

you said it was a Mini..... was it airborneranger's?

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Nope.

Or at least he has not identified himself as such.

And will be very careful not to ...

You think and hammer can fix that?

Ya know way back when GM tried the nylon on metal timing chain gears to make them better. Many warranty claims later they thought better of this.

Heat, chemicals and plastic are no way to build an engine. Some things they have figured out but at the cost of failed parts/engines to start with.

not good. hard to believe they used plastic there. not smart