Timing chain guide question

[evanl85]

Hopefully one of you can answer this question easily, I was reading the howto on http://garage.projectraine.com/ for the upper guide removal. In that guide it says I have to remove the distributor, but do I have to do that if I'm only removing the guide, not messing with the tensioner? Thanks

[Wei240]

http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=105618

the upper one is easy, no need to remove distributor,
that's for the other one...

[evanl85]

Thanks, and for the valve cover, I apply sealant where the semi circles are? The walkthroughs are a bit confusing because they both talk about the other guides/tensioners, and I'm not dealing with any of those.

[Andrew Bohan]

yeah, you put sealant in the semicircles.

[evanl85]

I appreciate the help guys, Thanks.

[aznpoopy]

as long as you're taking the valve cover off you should do both guides and check the tensioners.

removing the distributor is no big deal. just mark it with a little bit of paint so you put it back in the same way.

[evanl85]

Well, I know the noise is from the upper guide, and it's not even making much of a noise, I might just open it up for the hell of it.

[evanl85]

One other thing, should I worry about my engine being exposed to the air/dust? I don't know if I should just wait until my next oil change before i do this, I don't want crap floating around my engine.

[aznpoopy]

air and dust?

if you're going to leave it open i suppose you could just cover it with a towel or something.

that's not really a concern though. you can do it all in an hour or two.

[evanl85]

Yeah I'm just paranoid, I wouldn't be leaving it open longer than an hour or so (I doubt).