will <k_kodiak2@yahoo.com> wrote:
: Thank you for the excellent direction. I'm going to
: use that document to replace the gasket and clean the
: air intake. I like the idea of spray painting the
: intake shiny silver, although mine amazingly, looks
: really clean already.
: Maybe I can borrow a friend's "hot tank" in his
: garage. I guess that would work, too, as long as I
: have the right cleaner.
Yep!
: If I have so much apart, would this be a good time to
: check timing gears and chain? Truck has just over 120k
: miles.
Once you are to the point where you can remove the intake manifold,
you would probably also have to remove the fan, water pump pulley,
water pump, crank pulley, harmonic balancer, then pull the timing cover.
(I'm not 100% sure on that as I have never been that far into a Magnum
engine, but that's probably pretty close.) I don't think the timing
chain has generally been a problem on the 318s, (V6 is another story),
but if you want to check it out, that's about what would be involved.
---Jon-
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