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Known fault

M272 V6: a stretching timing chain and slipping cam timing

Typically above 120,000 km. It does not show up on every car.

expensive

severity

above 120,000 km

mileage

1

sources

1 source next to the write-up.

The fault

How you spot it

The timing chain stretches from 120,000 kilometres, because the sprocket material is soft and the chain wears into it. The stretched chain makes the cam timing slip.

The symptoms are chain noise from the front of the engine and fault codes pointing at the camshaft. With slipped timing the engine is flat, uses more fuel and can also misfire.

Which model

Who it affects

The card opens the generation, the engine or the transmission.

Engines and transmissions

Checklist

M272 V6: a stretching timing chain and slipping cam timing

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Sources

How we know

Information, not an expert opinion

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