My Nissan Sentra wouldn?t idle after mechanic changed distributor rod, kept dying at idle, took car back, told it needed a new manifold gasket, after having my car for two weeks, he tells me the car has an "internal mechanical problem and is blowing black/gray smoke. What could he have possibly done to my car??? He is telling me I need a new engine but it was fine before he got his hands on it. What possibly caused this?
1989 Nissan Sentra dies at stopping, idle
Apr 05, 2005
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I would suspect your timing chain tensioner broke and the timing chain jumped. Why did you have the distributor rod replaced? what is a distributor rod? It's possible the original problem was misdiagnosed. Timing chain jump will cause valve damage if it goes far enough in this motor. I'm assuming US and GA16i?
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Mechanic could be an ass?
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