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I recently purchased a 1994 SC2 with 101k on it. I bought it without hearing it run because it needed a starter. So I towed it home put a starter on it. When started it has a loud rattling noise coming from the top of the motor. I''m assuming its the timing chain. How difficult are these to change? Is there a quick fix for the rattling engine? I have had two others with over 200k and had no major problems so I thought this one would be ok as well. Maybe that was a bad gamble. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!!![img]smileys/smiley19.gif[/img]

Could be the timing chain
Could be rocker arm or arms
Could be the tensioner
Could be a pully

Could be
Could be many things.
It''s just that we can hear it at our desksEdited by: sw2cam