help! i think i broke it

[Jim Green]

--- Alan Pritchard <apritchard at seaeye.com> wrote:
> But pulling away entering
> 1500-2000 it would
> proceed to buck real bad, same for second, although
> 3rd and up seemed less
> noticeable. To drive through these areas when
> pulling away I actually have
> to slip the clutch.
> Any thoughts on this? I have thought through as best
> I can and can only
> think of a mechanical problem relating to the
> engine.  What is the likely
> hood of a t belt skip in these conditions? 

Alan, how old is your timing belt?  This happened to
me from a skipped belt.  I thought it was fuel related
and a bunch of shops including dealers couldn't find
anything wrong, until it snapped for good.  This was
in college when I didn't have the means to work on my
own cars.   What happens is a deadly combo, carbon
builds up on the pistons and valves from the poor
running, you drive around at 5k rpms because that's
the only way the car runs, then snap, there goes all
your valves because of the high rpms and carbon
buildup.

Park it and check out that belt before you ruin your
motor and have to put an MC in there:)

HTH

=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq
'89 80q
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html

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