sppaille

Was driving and car just had no accelleration. Had it towed home. Check for spark with none firing. Then went into distributor to do a coil icm test and got as far as rotor. Cannot access the screw to remove rotor. Turned driver wheel far left and manually cranked the engine with 17mm a couple turns and rotor has not moved its postion. I am thinking its timing. But im not sure if i should have the wheel off or car jacked for the manual cranking to work. I have car in nuteral also. Any suggestions? Any help will greatly be appreciated. I am partially disabled and have no income so I will try my hardest to do as much as i can. Thanks and God Bless

Former User

Snapped timing belt or camshaft.

Remove the valve cover and upper timing belt cover to check.

After you fix the problem, compression test the cylinders to check for possible engine damage.

sppaille

Darn it. Was hoping for anything but that and trying to avoid the truth in the back of my head. Do you think id be able to to a change myself? If so do i have to replace the wp and alt and the other things with it or just belt ok? What you suggest. BTW THANKS SO VERY MUCH. Ive been searching everywhere for 2 hrs trying to figure this out. Live 1 hr away from town too. Humph. ;(

Former User

Wait on the other things.

Start by checking whether the timing belt snapped.

If it did, then install a new one. This job requires removal of the crank pulley bolt, which can be difficult if you are new to cars.

Then compression test the cylinders. Engine damage occurs about half the time when the belt snaps or strips. Good luck.