Piston shaft

Asked by Ron2558 Mar 13, 2019 at 08:45 PM about the 2003 Mercury Mountaineer Luxury RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

If your timing chain guides and
tensioner Bell will it break the piston
shaft and can you see the broken
piston shaft when you check on a
timing chain failure

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taver91 answered 5 years ago

Piston "shafts" are internal to the engine and cannot be seen from the outside.

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F_O_R answered 5 years ago

If you break a rod there will probably be a hole in the oil pan or in the side of the block.

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