Thinking I'm f*ed
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Thinking I'm f*ed
So that wonderful white Camaro in my signature.... It died on me on the freeway a little while ago. I just checked spark... No spark. What's worse was the clunking sound that wasn't audible from the driver's seat but was very clear from under the hood with the engine cranking.
The engine is a 10k mile rebuilt job. I'm still holding onto the hope that the timing chain just let go or something.
1) On these engines, with a busted timing chain will the pistons hit the valves and screw stuff up?
2) Any good ways to check the timing chain? I would take the distributor cap off to see if it was turning inside, but I'm afraid to mess with the Optispark.
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The engine is a 10k mile rebuilt job. I'm still holding onto the hope that the timing chain just let go or something.
1) On these engines, with a busted timing chain will the pistons hit the valves and screw stuff up?
2) Any good ways to check the timing chain? I would take the distributor cap off to see if it was turning inside, but I'm afraid to mess with the Optispark.
Thanks
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Thanks for the replies guys.
I wanted to check the timing chain next... Is there an easy way to check it short of taking the whole front of the engine apart?
>> When it died it just cut out on me at high RPM. No audible clanking noise, just cut out and would not restart.
I wanted to check the timing chain next... Is there an easy way to check it short of taking the whole front of the engine apart?
>> When it died it just cut out on me at high RPM. No audible clanking noise, just cut out and would not restart.
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and the question about whether the pistons will contact the valves if the chain breaks is unfortunately true