Anyone use the Evergreen timing components from Amazon?
04-05-2017, 01:28 PM
#1
Monks
Thread Starter
Anyone use the Evergreen timing components from Amazon?
Looks like a decent price for all the components. The reviews are mixed. I wonder how they will hold up in the long run...
04-05-2017, 01:44 PM
#2
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I would be worried about the phasers and who knows how well the tensioners will work/hold up. Comes with a Melling pump so that's good. The rest of the components aren't real picky.
04-06-2017, 09:18 PM
#4
05 5.4l 3v s.crew lariat
playing with aftermarket parts
If you use either aftermarket vcts or phasors you are shooting yourself in the foot .
There is a reason oems are expensive, these parts work hard . clean your system, keep oil changed often, use syn . It is the combustion dirt in the oil that is causing the problem --carbon . Yes the oil is still slippery but its dirty and black , it clogs screens and small passages so variable timing doesn't work then --big surprise . Don't use extended oil change intervals .
Plastic tensioners on chains blow out seals and lower oil pressure then start whipping chains . Use metal ratcheting tensioners ,there are no seals to blow out . They hold chains until oil pressure builds up at start up . Use a better oil pump , lack of oil damages rollers and lash adjusters . So if your over 100k change those too .
use mc filters with a good anti drain back valve . I always prefill filter before I put it on , its messy but nice . If you hold pedal to floor it will not start and builds oil pressure .
And you thought changing the cam position sensor is going to fix this !Using aftermarket parts on this is like asking your cardiologist to use the cheapest heart parts .
There is a reason oems are expensive, these parts work hard . clean your system, keep oil changed often, use syn . It is the combustion dirt in the oil that is causing the problem --carbon . Yes the oil is still slippery but its dirty and black , it clogs screens and small passages so variable timing doesn't work then --big surprise . Don't use extended oil change intervals .
Plastic tensioners on chains blow out seals and lower oil pressure then start whipping chains . Use metal ratcheting tensioners ,there are no seals to blow out . They hold chains until oil pressure builds up at start up . Use a better oil pump , lack of oil damages rollers and lash adjusters . So if your over 100k change those too .
use mc filters with a good anti drain back valve . I always prefill filter before I put it on , its messy but nice . If you hold pedal to floor it will not start and builds oil pressure .
And you thought changing the cam position sensor is going to fix this !Using aftermarket parts on this is like asking your cardiologist to use the cheapest heart parts .
04-06-2017, 11:30 PM
#6
Senior Member
