Help, looking at 09 Venture GT

[maim]

those are really easy to over fill the oil. you can only check the oil on them when hot otherwise it usually reads low. when they get overfilled, it basically pukes the extra oil into the air box makes a mess. been there.

 

[Skiduty]

So I didn’t end up going to look at that 06 Vemture because my brake line sprung a leak on my Ram the night before I was supposed to go. True story. Literally 2 minutes after I messaged him the marketplace ad was removed, a little weird since he had it as pending for me. I never thought that I could just take my car to go have a look at it until yesterday so I messaged him back and asked if he still had it, and they if he did I could come look at it in my car since I have yet to fix the truck. So yeah I’m going on Tuesday unless something pops up closer to home between now and Tuesday, it’s a 2h 40 minute drive each way
It’s the 06 one with 6100 km that he said doesn’t start if left outside overnight but starts fine since he leaves it in his garage, he says it runs great though. Then if you remember my previous messages he messaged a picture of the caution light as well as the oil light. He said that the last guy to come look at it left something out, I’m not sure exactly what that was, I’m assuming he meant the oil dipstick. He then continued to say he started it with that dipstick out and noticed oil on the floor and the lifht on I guess, or something like that. Would you be worried about that? About it running while it was low on oil, low enough to have the light on. He said it only ran like that for a very short time.
Also anything else to look for? Should I look for water/coolant in the oil?
Just really looking for any words of wisdom before I go to have a look at this.

 

[maim]

the light will be on with the oil dipstick out of the tank or if it is unplugged. i don't have the most experiance with these for what else might be throwing oil out other than what i already have posted.

 

[Skiduty]

the light will be on with the oil dipstick out of the tank or if it is unplugged. i don't have the most experiance with these for what else might be throwing oil out other than what i already have posted.

Thanks for all the help Maim. I just got back home maybe half an hour ago. Drive 3 hours each way to Lourdes-de-Jolliet in Quebec to look at that one I had posted with 6100km for 1900.00. He could barely get it going, starter turning but not engaging, then engaging intermittently, once it was finally going it was loud and in my opinion clunky, overall kind of rough looking for 6100km. The guy didn’t even know it had a choke or what it was for, he’s only owned since January, so I said to him, “ I guess you don’t like it then” I mean you just bought it, and now your trying to sell it. I passed. I’m going to try and make a short list/questions after I review this thread and other threads just so I’m clear on any items of concern on these Ventures. Should I do that here on this thread or make a new thread?

 

[Skiduty]

Thread 'Cam Chain Tensioner Replacement (3 cylinder engine 05-07)'

Sep 27, 2010

I just finished changing another bad cam chain tensioner in a 06 Vector. I've done several of these successfully without removing the valve cover to expose the timing marks. Unfortunately when I got this one back together it didn't idle properly. I pulled the valve cover and discovered that the exhaust cam had jumped time. After resetting the cams it ran much better. If I do another one of these I'll definitely pull the valve cover and tie strap the chain to the gears before removing the tensioner. Removing the cover only takes a few extra minutes and it's much easier than removing the...

• grizztracks
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Wow, I’ve only read the 1st page of 11 pages of this thread but it looks like a big enough job to change the cam chain tensioner on these 05 to 07 3 cylinder engines. I’ve changed the timing belt on my daughters 09 Hyundai, I’m sure I could get through this with a little help and some time but maybe best to just find a 2008 Vemture or newer.
Is there a common mileage benchmark where they fail? Do you feel they all fail eventually or any idea/guess as for a percentage of them? Also would it be pretty obvious spike when they are on the way out? Crazy thing is I’ve seen a lot of 05 machines out there for sale with over 30,000km, even seen one with 44,000

 

[hydraulic yam]

I was told by a local to absolutely never turn my apex engine over backwards because
of the chain tightener device. Put the fear of God into me about even changing a belt.
Ron