Be sure to read this WHOLE thread, Tom. By the time you get to the end, you might want to have a shop do it. Don't worry about the pics not being there on the first page. They repost them on page 5 or so. It's LSJ, but it's the same part.

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/how-...71/index6.html

Tensioner:

http://www.crateenginedepot.com/Search.aspx?k=12608580

 

ya i read the other one with pics from someone else, i read it, looks doable. i dont want shop to do it, this is how i learn lol doesnt look to hard, just the loading the tenstioner part sounds annoying

 

Here's another with a good suggestion.

Timing Chain Tensioner: The REAL How-To - Page 2 - Cobalt SS Network

 

yup thanks man, i believe the chain is definitly my issue, seeing as thats where the sound comes from, and the slack on the chain and that it stop for a sec sometimes like it didnt bounce up and hit the guide. already ordered from zzp, will install when it come, fun times, actually liked it, no issues, except i noticed on the intake when i installed it i made the clamp to tight and bent it. lol but i fixed that.

 

Can you put up some detailed pics of the where they talk about put the piston in the "set" position? I'm sure it's easy when you see it, but it's hard to understand just reading it.

 

new valve cover pics

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/memb...e-cover-11702/

 

make sure when you get a new chain you get new cam sprocket bolts. ive re used them several times but its recommended to get new ones. 22ft/lbs + 100 degrees is the torque spec on those, 89 in/lbs is the torque spec on all the brighter silver guide bolts, 11 ft/lbs is the torque spec for all the darker colored ones.

 

im not getting a new chain i dont need one as far as i know, just tentioner

sure

 

gotcha. thought u were replacing the chain aswell.

 

nope not ready for that complexity yet, ill change the tentioner and see where im at. get that chain tight, cause its just to loose from everyone i talk to. i emailed a guy who has changed his, and he said the chain should be tight so it has no play, and thats what i thought and this deffinitly has play, lots. thanks for ur help

 

thats a lie.... it shouldnt be so tight it wont have play.but it definately shouldnt be loose. the tensioner gets tight when theres oil pressure. if the cars off theres no oil pressure. we mod the tensioner for the race cars so that when oil pressure gets low through turns we dont lose tension on the chain...

like i said yours looks looser then normal but dont expect the thing to so tight it wont have any play whatsoever.