$1600? Gezz how hard is it to change out the chain? Has anyone done this themselves?

 

Don't pay $1,600. Get a local performance shop to do it for you. The chain is less then $80. Labor should not be more than $500-600. You should easily be able to do it for less than half of what they quoted.

 

so of the ones that were fixed so far did anyone end up with bent valves or just a stretched chain, i should find out tomorrow what the total damage is going to be.... got all the parts today for it and should be back together tomorrow

 

I had the timing chain alert come up and when I took it to the dealer they checked it and found a false code was thrown. The chain was still within the tolerances and seemingly fine. Still, the $800 bill wasn't fun.

 

If they got that far in and the chain is only $80, I would had just told them to install a new one at the same time for $800 labor.

 

^ +1

 

I just had this issue. My car was driving ok on Monday, then in the evening I started having idle issues at stop lights, etc. Then yesterday morning I tried to start her up and "clunk"!! Skipped 3 teeth (according to the dealer) So now I'm concerned about bent valves... 32,000 miles in an 08 MR.

quoted me $1,600 as well for chain, 3 guides, tensioner, gasket + oil change (obviously lol).

 

Hi, here's a video explaining why it stretches on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX6Z3hSF7hQ

This might help

 

to watch on you tube. just type in the search engine Evo X chain

 

going to another shop. you may not have that option due to reprograming the ecm

 

watch video and learn

 

Damn those GEMA world motors.

 

What a piece of ****. They should have stuck with the belts. So much easier, and now proving more reliable.

 

I have an engineering degree and I couldn't follow this. No wonder people have problems having their dealership work on it,

 

Are most people here out of warranty or something? This should be covered under the 5-year/60,000 mile powertrain warranty.