Timing Chain Rattle Fix For A 2.7L Toyota Highlander

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[coarsegrind]

This is an ideal display of how patience is a most desirable trait of being a mechanic.

[dvveloza]

Great video.
I watched all the videos about this rattle but you are the only one that replaced it without removing the timing chain cover. Great job

[martinthompson]

You blokes who work on cars all the time have the patience of a saint. I do the odd car job but much prefer bigger stuff.

[chrisr]

This video was a tremendous help to me and saved my family about $2, 200. Thank you.

[maxellus]

Great video Kenny, I always learn something from your videos. One trick that I have used in the past which works on just about any DOHC engine, is to use two open end wrenches. First, align the timing marks on the cams and then, place one wrench on the rearmost cam with the wrench facing forward and the second wrench on the frontmost cam with the wrench facing to the rear of the car. The two wrenches should now be in an X position. Now use vise grips or a clamp to lock the two wrenches together where the cross. The two cams are now locked in the correct position which allows you to remove gears, or chains without having tow worry about the cams moving.

[kelleyhagan]

Kenny, you are one of the best mechanics to walk on this earth. Keep wrenching.

[BrianD-wx]

Wow Kenny your a good mechanic, if people would just pay attention they can learn alot from you. I see people comment the craziest comments about the way you do things. Just don't pay them no mind, and keep doing what you do. Hands down the best at what you do. Keep wrenching buddy👏👏

[charlesmarshall]

Hi Kenny, as you say patience is a virtue. I've just changed the timing chain, gears, spring tensioner and crankshaft oil seal on my '78 MG Midget and to get the timing chain cover back on is a real fiddle, but patience and perseverance prevailed. I had to think outside the box to get the spring tensioner compressed and fit the cover as there is no possible way to get fingers in or tool in to compress the tensioner. In the end I used a zip tie to hold the tensioner back, fit the cover then snip the zip tie and slowly pulled it out. Job done. Keep wrenching.

[brucemaloy]

Honda has the same issue on some 2.4 engines. Did my daughters at 100k miles and replaced the OG plugs. Seems to have more power now. Honda was difficult as well.

[PrinceAlberts]

Good video, Kenny!
There’s another YouTube channel called Car Care Nut that is a Toyota specialist. He does videos about Toyota that make the job look super easy.

[petervol]

Many thanks Kenny. I am just a weekend mechanic but was able to do this on my 2011 camry by following the toyota tsb and the great tips you provided! I also changed out the water pump, thermostat and spark plugs at the same time and car runs great and no more rattle! Also thanks to Shone Polk for taking the time to answer my questions!

[benjamingorospe]

Thanks to your video, this helped me a lot. When I took off the old cam gear, it was in the unlocked position. The hardest thing was replacing the chain tensioner because there wasn't a lot of room. Then after I installed the new cam gear and reinstalled everything, I remembered that I forgot to lock the new cam gear. So the next day I opened the valve cover and I saw that the new cam gear was already in the locked position. No more rough cold start.

[regdad]

Thanks for your patients as you patiently worked through the problems. I liked the way you take breaks and re-read information before starting the job again. That's something I need to do.

[XBrandonLeeX]

Wow, Thank you. You actually demonstrated a lot of elements of this procedure I couldn’t understand in other videos. As a matter of fact when you said “ I don’t want to bore you with this part” I was like man! I wish you would have shown more stuff. I’m actually wanting to tackle this job soon as a DIY. I want to see as much as I can.

[hmccall]

Very common failure point with those engines. Nissan had the same problem. And I've never seen a situation so bad that an engineer couldn't make it worse! Thanks for more great content!

[davidmann]

So glad there are men like Kenny to do this work and do it right

[BlahBlah-emed]

I drove with this same issue for about 50, 000 miles on our 2012 Highlander, correcting it at about 165, 000 or so by having a local mechanic do it. We now have 218, 000 miles on the Highlander. It’s been a solid vehicle since we drove it off the lot with 15 miles on it.

I recently replaced the liftgate motor as it started failing on us. Best price was from Rockauto.

[Southernshaker]

Thanks for this video, I have a Toyota matrix, with two hundred thousand miles. Getting ready for chain and gears.

[multirotormanish]

Excellent video!!! I need to change the intake VVTi gear on my Toyota engine soon and your video is the only one I found that goes through step by step. Thanks for posting this repair!!!

[TimTurner]

I learn something from that video. I will drive my wife's Prius to you from Texas when it needs work on.