desert whomper

my engine rattles alot now, its not anything loose like the exhaust, its definitly in the engine. I adjusted teh valves a couple times and it seemed to help but now its gotten to where it rattles almost all the time. Could this be related to the timing chain being worn? i dont know when it was replaced last but also the timing would jump around a couple degrees whenever i tried to adjsut the timing

superjoe83

sounds like a chain problem to me, take off the valve cover and see whats going on, i bet that your drivers side guide is broken

desert whomper

does this seem like a good kit to replace everything?

http://catalog.eautopartscatalog.com...iming+Gear+Kit

or if anybody else knows some good palces for a good replacement kit please let me know.

Elton

sounds like what i have it problay is the timing chain

superjoe83

buy it from this guy, better kit and good price
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TOYOT...91309402QQrdZ1

LittleRedToyota

what RPM level does the rattling happen at?

on the 22RE the t-chain usually only rattles around 2700-3000 RPM.

i also highly recommend engnbldr's kit with the steel-backed driver's side guide which is the one superjoe posted a link to on e-bay.

definitely pull the valve cover and look down there to see if that is really the problem before buying a kit.

here are two good write-ups on doing the job.

http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...ingChain.shtml

http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/maintenance/timingchain/