Remember the rattle?
One of these things is not like the other. Anyway, I spent a solid 20 minutes lookin for the nut even poking a mangnet into the oil tubes before I discovered it stuck to the valve cover.
Well that was embarassing.
I have yet another question though while I wait on the news about my injectors. When the engine was running poorly last week, there was a sound that sounded like the sould a ratchet would make if you were holding it by the socket and let it swing like "crink crink crink" pause "crink crink crink" pause. It sounded like it was coming from the alternator, but it has me a bit worried about the chain. I loosened the oil lines to the tensioners and turned the engine over and both wept a lot of oil, but is there any way to know if the tensioner is doing its job? I'd love to pull the chain covers off and see what is happening while the oil is out of the engine.
Questions
1. Is there a way to check the tensioners without pulling the covers?
2. If I remove the muffler, can I get the rear tin and the chain covers off?
Thanks again everyone for helping me through this especially Henry.