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Originally Posted by ls1mike
Originally Posted by StevieC
Originally Posted by Miller88
The neighbor across the street had an Omnirizon. It would stall no less than 10 times backing out of the driveway. People seem to love them, though. There's a few of them (somhow) still running around and they are a cult classic.
The K platform definitely saved Chrysler. I can still hear the horrific piston slap as an Aries or Caravan drives by in my memories.
That wasn't piston slap that you would hear. That's the chain for the oil pump that was always loose on them and would knock back and forth on these 2.2/2.5's.
Chain? The pump had a gear on top of it that ran off the lower shaft of the timing system. The distributor and oil pump ran off this shaft. The distributor had two pins that slid into the top of the pump.
It was in fact piston slap. All of these engines are known for it.
The balance shafts on the 2.5 had chains
Oil pump for 81 to 1995 2.2/2.5
The slot in the top was where the distributor slid down into. It was a really simple design easy to maintain.
The Cam sprocket and oil/pump distributor sprocket are the same size all driven by the crank pulley.
I could do a timing belt swap in 30 to 45 minutes. The beauty of it is the engine is non interference. The car will run with the timing REALLY far out but there will be no low end torque.
Could have sworn it was the chain in the lower end making the noise when I was told about it. I stand corrected. (I know the engine is timing belt but there was a short chain in the bottom end I thought)
Originally Posted by StevieC
Originally Posted by Miller88
The neighbor across the street had an Omnirizon. It would stall no less than 10 times backing out of the driveway. People seem to love them, though. There's a few of them (somhow) still running around and they are a cult classic.
The K platform definitely saved Chrysler. I can still hear the horrific piston slap as an Aries or Caravan drives by in my memories.
That wasn't piston slap that you would hear. That's the chain for the oil pump that was always loose on them and would knock back and forth on these 2.2/2.5's.
Chain? The pump had a gear on top of it that ran off the lower shaft of the timing system. The distributor and oil pump ran off this shaft. The distributor had two pins that slid into the top of the pump.
It was in fact piston slap. All of these engines are known for it.
The balance shafts on the 2.5 had chains
Oil pump for 81 to 1995 2.2/2.5
The slot in the top was where the distributor slid down into. It was a really simple design easy to maintain.
The Cam sprocket and oil/pump distributor sprocket are the same size all driven by the crank pulley.
I could do a timing belt swap in 30 to 45 minutes. The beauty of it is the engine is non interference. The car will run with the timing REALLY far out but there will be no low end torque.
Could have sworn it was the chain in the lower end making the noise when I was told about it. I stand corrected. (I know the engine is timing belt but there was a short chain in the bottom end I thought)
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