1995 Nissan Altima POSSIBLE TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM

1995 NISSAN ALTIMA
150,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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MBLACK18
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MY ALTIMA HAS STARTED MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE FROM THE AREA OF THE TIMING CHAIN, AND RUNNING EXTREMELY ROUGH. I PARKED THE CAR AND I'M WANTING TO KNOW WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM?
Jan 1, 2008 at 6:01 PM
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Well, you can gain some insight with a compression test. Bad compression will put you in a postion of some teardown. This is an interference engine meaning the pistons and valves may have damaged one another.
Jan 1, 2008 at 6:14 PM
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MARTYMAN13
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If it's a loud rackety type of noise, then it's just the timing chain guides (well-known nuisance on Altimas). Not sure why the rough idle, but check your distributor.
Jan 10, 2008 at 11:34 AM
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