Sooo i went throught the timing i had it all dead on and it started for a few seconds and shut off and it would keep doing that repeatedly. so any ideas?

 

help!

 

anyone?

 

timing chain

 

what are the other symptoms. dont know why you were changing the timing, reset it at 10* and try again. bad timing will not shut off a car, unless it is +/-10 or so degrees

 

my car shut off while driving. then i towed it home and there was no spark. So i replaced the cps the distributor, the distributor cap and rotor, and the coil, and the spark plugs. I lined up the timing and it fired and just pooped. i wnet back and fourth with it and Nothing. sometimes it would fire and just stop firing and go back to cranking.

 

anyoneeeeeeee?

 

Just remembered that when i was driving i heard a loud pop thump sound and i tried stepping on the gas and nothing and then i just shut it off. so i think my timing chain took a dump!!!!!!!! because when i get it timed sometimes i get it to fire and then just goes back to cranking.

 

it is very un likley unless there are about 500,000 miiles on it that timing chain is prob

 

If you really think that is the problem you could pull the cover off and see if there are any marks on the cover or how loose it is. It is a lot of work for a "guess" though, then again it could rule it out. I actually spent 3 weeks trying to diagnose one of my cars before and after 5 trips to the junk yard and over $300 in parts I found out the Camshaft was broken.

 

well i have 250,000 miles i replaced the dist. and the cam and the cps haha when i fired for a few seconds it sounds like it is not firing on all cylinders. soooooo i have spark fuel and compression so is my timing just wayyyy off or do u think my timing chain broke? haha errggggg

 

either dist is not set right or spark plug wires are in wrong order

 

i turned it 180 put the the timing mark dead on put the spark plugs on the right cylinders and went back and fourth and i have the distributor in the spot pointing towards cylinder#1 every time

 

on tdc compression stroke

 

do you use the manual to set tdc and dist in