In article <9510021558.AA14086@apple.com>,
"TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com> wrote:
> In message <950930165811_113262911@mail04.mail.aol.com> writes:
> > Worldly Scions,
> >
> > Having a car that exhibits the death rattle sometimes on startup, &
>
>
> Interesting things those. From past experience I think the most likely
> cause of a "death rattle at start up is caused by a worn timing chain
> & chain tensioner.
>
> It takes a little time to get oil to a hydrolic chain tensioner. If the
> chin is worn, it can rattle around in its housing until the tensioner gets
> enough pressure to tighten the chain.
Not IMHO. "Death rattle" is from the bug end bearings, before the oil
pressure is present.
And there is definitely no hydraulic tensioner on *my* Triumph, just a
fairly crude sprig affair (which seem to work well enough).
Egil
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