While driving the engine missed, then lost power, and shut off?

140,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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HONEEY
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Tried to restart it and it cranks but will not start.
Oct 11, 2023 at 3:52 PM
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How does it sound when cranking over, does it sound like there is no compression? If so, the timing belt has let go, which is common on these vehicles. To be sure you can upload a short video of the engine cranking and I can tell for sure. Here is a diagram for the timing belt so you can see what I am talking about. Also, this guide can help as well:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-not-running-advanced

Check out the images (below). Let us know what happens and please upload pictures or videos of the problem so we can see what's going on.
Oct 12, 2023 at 4:06 AM
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