Your engine’s timing chain keeps everything in sync — when it wears, the results can be catastrophic. From rattles at startup to rough idling and misfires, early warning signs are your best chance to ...

Hello Paul, I drive a 2003 Toyota Camry with a 2AZ-FE engine. Recently, my engine has started making a rattling noise when I start it, especially in the morning. The noise is becoming more noticeable, ...

The problem: Over time, the timing chain in certain Nissan vehicles may stretch to a point that it makes noise inside the timing chain case or cover. This may be due to the chain stretching so much it ...

Q. We recently purchased a very clean 15-year-old, four-cylinder Toyota Corolla. The car has only 51,000 miles on it. When we took it in for service, we were informed that the timing chain needs to be ...

Hello Paul, I drive a Toyota CAMRY 2003 with a 2AZ-FE engine. Recently, my engine started making a rattling noise, especially in the morning. This noise is increasing and my engine has started losing ...

The timing chain has snapped on my Mini One (27,000 miles,1.4 auto 09 reg) and done significant damage. The local garage (non-Mini) has told me that I need a new engine. The car is worth about £5k and ...

The schedule for replacing a timing belt varies by manufacturer, with some saying it should be every 60,000 miles and others 100,000 miles or more. (Some engines have timing chains that shouldn’t ...

I have a Hyundai ix20 1.6 diesel active which, I believe, has a timing chain as opposed to a belt. I always understood that timing chains were generally expected to last the life of the engine. A ...

In a recent Carsguide you advised a reader that there was no need to replace the timing chains on D40 Nissan Navaras. Well, we have just got our back from the dealer after having both chains replaced ...

Disassemble the engine of the popular SUV, and you might find either a Subaru Forester timing belt or chain driving the valve-gear of the four-cylinder boxer. That’s because the Forester has been with ...