Dies With Clunking Sound!

[Bernie Benz]

Bentley won't tell you.  If you have a partly broken gear, missing a portion
of a tooth or teeth, you should be able to feel it at some postion in the
rotation of the rotor.  If as you say, it starts, the gear is not broken
completely.  The first rev upon cranking tells the ECU which TDC is
compression stroke after which the dist has nothing to with spark timing,
only spark distribution to the correct plug.  Have you pulled the ECU's
engine fault codes?

Bernie



> From: BriceW at webtv.net
> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:12:44 -0500 (CDT)
> To: b.benz at charter.net (Bernie Benz)
> Subject: Re: Dies With Clunking Sound!
>
> Bernie,
> What section should I look in the Bentley? I was just hunting
> for it. I am fairly certain that this is the original distributor.
> Brice
>
>
> From: Bernie Benz <b.benz at charter.net>
> Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 10:09 PM
> To: <BriceW at webtv.net>
> CC: 200q20V mailing list <200q20v at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: Dies With Clunking Sound!
>
> If it is the original dist, it is a plastic gear that is prone to failure at
> this age, especially if it has suffered from the dist. rattle syndrome for a
> good portion of its life.  Replacement dists now come with a metal gear.
>
> Bernie
>
>> From: BriceW at webtv.net
>> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:00:12 -0500 (CDT)
>> To: b.benz at charter.net (Bernie Benz)
>> Subject: Re: Dies With Clunking Sound!
>>
>> Bernie,
>> I dont know. I will look this up in the Bentley. What is it
>> usually made of?
>> Thanks,
>> Brice
>>
>>
>> From: Bernie Benz <b.benz at charter.net>
>> Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:55 PM
>> To: <BriceW at webtv.net>
>> CC: 200q20V mailing list <200q20v at audifans.com>
>> Subject: Re: Dies With Clunking Sound!
>>
>> What is your distributor drive gear made of?
>>
>> Bernie
>>
>>> From: BriceW at webtv.net
>>> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 21:57:21 -0500 (CDT)
>>> To: 200q20v at audifans.com
>>> Subject: Dies With Clunking Sound!
>>>
>>> It was one of the hottest days today.
>>> I was coming back home from the mall with a 100 lb or more wine
>>> refrigerator in the back seat. This was a 3 mile trip.
>>> Almost home I went to shift and it was like it didn’t want to go into
>>> gear and the engine lost power like it wanted to die.
>>> I barely made it home and got it in the garage.
>>> It starts up but dies after a couple minutes. The engine looks like its
>>> shaking
>>> and I hear a clunking sound which sounds like it is coming from the
>>> engine.
>>> The oil is fine and full.
>>> The hydraulic fluid is very low.
>>> I was getting ready to install a new VDO MFTS switch as the other new
>>> one got fried last week when I touched a screwdriver to the afterrun
>>> switch next to it. Always disconnect the battery. Duh.
>>> The radiator fan is blowing full force but the afterrun has not been
>>> working which needs the new switch.
>>> No coolant leakage.
>>> Give me the bad news.
>>> What is your much valued opinion.