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Old Dec 9, 2020 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Flintknapper
There is a lot conflicting information out there. People in both camps (for and against). It is my purpose to make an informed decision
There shouldn’t be. About the only folks in the “for” camp are likely vendors and the occasional lost soul that understandably threw in the towel on a timing job. Fair enough.

Originally Posted by Flintknapper
From what I've researched thus far Oil Pressure/Volume seems to be the source of the problem (along with tensioner seals), so it matters little if the Cam Phasers and VCT solenoids have been upgraded or not.
Exactly. Which makes the aforementioned vendors look even worse with a hack job “fix” that doesn’t address the root cause in the first place. (shrug)
 
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