Hey there Scotty, love your videos.

I have a 2012 Honda Crosstour 4cyl with a timing chain with 166,850 miles on it. My vtc rattles for a few seconds at cold start up. I had the vtc changed once before at 50k. All of my maintenance has been performed on schedule by the dealer including the VTC. Now that the VTC is rattling again 2 Honda dealers say not to bother changing it.

What do you think? Will it hurt the engine or timing chain to let it go?

Am I due for a new timing chain? No check engine lights (ever) it’s been a good car and I’d like to keep it. But I don’t want to ruin the engine either by letting this problem persist.

Should I get a new VTC and timing chain now? Or wait until the check engine light tells me there is an issue?

Last on YouTube some folks say to turn the key 2 clicks but don’t start the car to wait and to do this a few times and the VTC won’t rattle. This doesn’t work for me consistently. Is there any logic to it?

thanks so much