1988 Nissan Sentra

1988 NISSAN SENTRA
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SAMMY19
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Noises problem
1988 Nissan Sentra 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive 173000 miles
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the car used to drive great but the timing belt whent out and now that i replaced it the motor is making a knocking noise
Aug 30, 2008 at 11:05 AM
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RASMATAZ
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Its probably the valve and igniton timing is off-recheck it-start all over -put the engine no.1 piston on its compression stroke/TDC and line all the markings on the cam and crank sprocket and stab the distributor down with rotor pointing to no.1 cap tower as describe in the repair manual.
Aug 30, 2008 at 11:09 AM
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