home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!torn!news.ccs.queensu.ca!venus!jupiter!pas
- From: pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca (Peter Stokes)
- Subject: Mystery timing slip
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.151110.14326@venus.ic.cmc.ca>
- Sender: usenet@venus.ic.cmc.ca (News Administrator)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: jupiter
- Organization: Canadian Microelectronics Corporation
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:11:10 GMT
- Lines: 24
-
- My 1986 Ford Mustang, 2.3L engine started OK yesterday
- morning but had absolutely no power when trying to
- accelerate. It had to be towed to a garage. The
- mechanic said the timing was way off and adjusted it
- by rotating the distributor assembly. The mystery is,
- how did the timing all of a sudden slip way off?
- The garage is a respectable diagnosis center and can't
- offer an explanation without pulling parts off. They
- checked the timing belt and it did not slip. Also, the
- distributor assembly was secure before they adjusted it.
- Apparently in this engine, the crank shaft drives the oil
- pump which in turn drives the distributor shaft. If it
- happens again, they will want to pull the distributor
- assembly for inspection, and failing finding anything
- abnormal, will have to inspect the oil pump.
-
- Anyone else seen something similar?
-
- Peter
- --
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Peter A. Stokes ~~~~~~~~ pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca ~~~~~~~ (613) 545-2923 ~~~~~
- Canadian Microelectronics Corporation ~~~~~~~~~~~ Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-