{"id":11595,"date":"2019-05-30T17:28:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T21:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/?p=11595"},"modified":"2019-05-30T17:28:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T21:28:29","slug":"rattle-sound-near-front-of-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=11595","title":{"rendered":"Rattle Sound near Front of Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 XT4 may have a rattle sound heard near the front of the 2.0L 4-cylinder engine (RPO LSY) due to a stuck or collapsed timing chain tensioner and, as a result, a loose timing chain.<\/p>\n<p>If the rattle sound is heard near the front of the engine, remove the lower engine front cover assembly and inspect the timing chain tensioner. A stuck timing chain tensioner plunger will allow an air gap to be present between the tensioner plunger and the timing chain guide. (Fig. 23)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11585\" src=\"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/F23-tc-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/F23-tc-1.png 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/F23-tc-1-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/F23-tc-1-85x55.png 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/F23-tc-1-200x130.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><strong>Fig. 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When viewing the timing chain tensioner removed from the engine, the plunger can be seen stuck in the body of the tensioner. (Fig. 24)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11586\" src=\"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/F24-tc-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/F24-tc-2.png 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/F24-tc-2-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/F24-tc-2-85x55.png 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/F24-tc-2-200x130.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><strong>Fig. 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If these conditions are found, replace the timing chain tensioner following the appropriate Service Information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Thanks to Robert Halas<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 XT4 may have a rattle sound heard near the front of the 2.0L 4-cylinder engine (RPO LSY) due to a stuck or collapsed timing chain tensioner and, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11596,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11595\/revisions\/11596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}