Welcome Visitor! Please take a few seconds and 
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2024
- Messages
- 18
- Points
- 101
- City
- Austin, Tx
- State - Country
- TX - USA
- Vehicle Year
- 2004
- Vehicle
- Ford Ranger
- Drive
- 2WD
- Engine
- 4.0 V6
- Transmission
- Automatic
So... I may have gotten myself in too deep but I thought I heard the infamous chain slap on startup the other day so I decided it was finally time to change timing chain tensioners. I'm very much a shade-tree mechanic, but I recently replaced my thermostat housing, so it's a pretty similar process to get to the tensioner. Unfortunately, everything is back together and the truck won't start.
I installed it dry but cranked the engine in "clear flooded engine" mode for several seconds a couple of times to build oil pressure before starting.
When it came time to turn the key, I got a few pops like it was trying to start, but it sounded pretty rough so I stopped cranking.
I have yet to hook up an OBDII to it, but I've rechecked the spark plug wires, vacuum lines and electrical connections, and it all looks correct. I'll re-check everything a third time with fresh eyes, but I'm operating on the assumption that it's all back together correctly.
This brings me to the question of - is it realistic that the timing moved on me during the switch? All I did was unscrew one tensioner (top drivers side) and replace it - truck didn't move or do anything that I would expect to change the timing, but here we are.
Has anyone heard of this before, or had a similar experience? From the research I did intially, it sounded like a pretty straightforward piece of maintenance.
I installed it dry but cranked the engine in "clear flooded engine" mode for several seconds a couple of times to build oil pressure before starting.
When it came time to turn the key, I got a few pops like it was trying to start, but it sounded pretty rough so I stopped cranking.
I have yet to hook up an OBDII to it, but I've rechecked the spark plug wires, vacuum lines and electrical connections, and it all looks correct. I'll re-check everything a third time with fresh eyes, but I'm operating on the assumption that it's all back together correctly.
This brings me to the question of - is it realistic that the timing moved on me during the switch? All I did was unscrew one tensioner (top drivers side) and replace it - truck didn't move or do anything that I would expect to change the timing, but here we are.
Has anyone heard of this before, or had a similar experience? From the research I did intially, it sounded like a pretty straightforward piece of maintenance.
