timbo
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I found this on the daily Ford OASIS messages for May 15th, 2002. Maybe they are starting to acknowledge this as an issue.
3010 - 1996-1999 SHO, TICKING NOISE-VALVE COVER AREA
SOME 1996-1999 TAURUS SHO VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A TICKING NOISE ORIGINATING
FROM THE VALVE COVER AREA. TO SERVICE, FIRST VERIFY PROPER ENGINE VALVE
CLEARANCE PER THE WORKSHOP MANUAL SECTION 03-01-C, 'VALVE TRAIN ADJUSTMENT'
SECTION. NEXT, VERIFY PROPER TORQUE OF THE PRIMARY TIMING CHAIN SPROCKET
BOLTS WHICH IS 64-95 NM OR 48-70 LB-FT. ALSO, VERIFY THAT THE SECONDARY CHAIN
SPROCKETS DO NOT MOVE INDEPENDENTLY WHEN HOLDING THE CAMSHAFT STATIONARY. THE
SECONDARY CHAIN SPROCKETS ARE PRESS-FIT ONTO THE CAMSHAFT AND ARE NOT
SERVICED SEPARATELY. AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE SECONDARY CHAIN SPROCKETS CAN BE
FOUND IN SECTION 03-01C 'DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY' SECTION OF THE
TAURUS/SABLE WORKSHOP MANUAL.
3010 - 1996-1999 SHO, TICKING NOISE-VALVE COVER AREA
SOME 1996-1999 TAURUS SHO VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A TICKING NOISE ORIGINATING
FROM THE VALVE COVER AREA. TO SERVICE, FIRST VERIFY PROPER ENGINE VALVE
CLEARANCE PER THE WORKSHOP MANUAL SECTION 03-01-C, 'VALVE TRAIN ADJUSTMENT'
SECTION. NEXT, VERIFY PROPER TORQUE OF THE PRIMARY TIMING CHAIN SPROCKET
BOLTS WHICH IS 64-95 NM OR 48-70 LB-FT. ALSO, VERIFY THAT THE SECONDARY CHAIN
SPROCKETS DO NOT MOVE INDEPENDENTLY WHEN HOLDING THE CAMSHAFT STATIONARY. THE
SECONDARY CHAIN SPROCKETS ARE PRESS-FIT ONTO THE CAMSHAFT AND ARE NOT
SERVICED SEPARATELY. AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE SECONDARY CHAIN SPROCKETS CAN BE
FOUND IN SECTION 03-01C 'DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY' SECTION OF THE
TAURUS/SABLE WORKSHOP MANUAL.
