Engine Mechanical problem
1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass 6 cyl Two Wheel Drive Automatic 200k miles
my spark will happen only a couple of times on tester, with eng. turning over for 10 sec. I read that if you take the dist. cap off and observe the rotor cap turning--your timing chain is ok.It turns but,it jerks about a quarter turn stops-quarter turn stops.It makes about a full turn in the 10 sec.that I'am turning the eng. over. Is It just almost broke? the day It happened, the eng. was cold & I had to floor It to get into traffic. It did'nt make It out of 1st. gear & died. There was never a indication before hand that I had a problem. The eng. turns over fine. thanks for your help.
1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass 6 cyl Two Wheel Drive Automatic 200k miles
my spark will happen only a couple of times on tester, with eng. turning over for 10 sec. I read that if you take the dist. cap off and observe the rotor cap turning--your timing chain is ok.It turns but,it jerks about a quarter turn stops-quarter turn stops.It makes about a full turn in the 10 sec.that I'am turning the eng. over. Is It just almost broke? the day It happened, the eng. was cold & I had to floor It to get into traffic. It did'nt make It out of 1st. gear & died. There was never a indication before hand that I had a problem. The eng. turns over fine. thanks for your help.
Feb 9, 2009 at 10:48 AM