Ok, the engine's out of my car, and I am trying to get everything ready to put it back in. I removed the front cover to have it powder coated and I then noticed that the long chain on the passenger side of the engine (the one going from the crank to the cams) has a bit of slack in it. Now the chain on the drivers side is perfectly tight.
My question is this: Is this normal to have a bit of slack in these chains? The following pics will hopefully show you what I'm talking about. Now keep in mind I'm not too sure of the technical terms for a few of these parts, so be easy on me. In the first pic, the small cylinder in this "tensioner" on the passenger side isn't extended out nearly as far as the "tensioner" on the drivers side, as you will see in the second pic.
Would/could this be the problem in why there is a bit of slack on the passenger side chain?
Now in these next two pics you can see the tension of the chains that I am talking about. In this first pic I drew an arrow at the small gap between the chain and the red thing that the chain moves on, this is the chain on the passenger side (pay no attention to the other end of the arrow pointing at the A/C compressor, I didn't know how to get an arrow with only one point on it so I could just point at the small gap in the chain). In the next pic you can see the drivers side chain and clearly see it is tight and there is no gap between the chain and the red thing the chain moves on.
Again, this is just something I noticed when I removed the front cover to have it powder coated. Is there anything wrong with that slack, or anything I need to worry about? If so, what is the problem and how do I fix it. Will the slack go away once the engine is started back up and the small cylinder in the "tensioner" pushes on the chain? Any and all help would be appreciated.
My question is this: Is this normal to have a bit of slack in these chains? The following pics will hopefully show you what I'm talking about. Now keep in mind I'm not too sure of the technical terms for a few of these parts, so be easy on me. In the first pic, the small cylinder in this "tensioner" on the passenger side isn't extended out nearly as far as the "tensioner" on the drivers side, as you will see in the second pic.
Would/could this be the problem in why there is a bit of slack on the passenger side chain?
Now in these next two pics you can see the tension of the chains that I am talking about. In this first pic I drew an arrow at the small gap between the chain and the red thing that the chain moves on, this is the chain on the passenger side (pay no attention to the other end of the arrow pointing at the A/C compressor, I didn't know how to get an arrow with only one point on it so I could just point at the small gap in the chain). In the next pic you can see the drivers side chain and clearly see it is tight and there is no gap between the chain and the red thing the chain moves on.
Again, this is just something I noticed when I removed the front cover to have it powder coated. Is there anything wrong with that slack, or anything I need to worry about? If so, what is the problem and how do I fix it. Will the slack go away once the engine is started back up and the small cylinder in the "tensioner" pushes on the chain? Any and all help would be appreciated.
