I started driving the other day and noticed what seemed like the engine was missing. I was travelling on the interstate and this continued for the next couple hours. It got worse and the car started to miss when accelerating and hesitate under load. I changed the spark plugs (did not change the wires). Eventually it got worse and seemed like the car was not getting any fuel/power when I gave it gas. I decided to pull off the road to give it a break. As I slowed down it stalled out and would not start. As I tried to restart the car the battery died. However, when the tow truck arrived I jumped the battery and got it to start. I had the car towed and the mechanic said the diagnostic machine indicated that the distributor was bad. To my knowledge there was no oil in the Distributor and the mechanic said the bearings did the internal distributor damage that was going to require a new distributor. For some reason I don't think it is the distributor but I am far from an expert. Please help. My questions are:
- Would I have heard any sounds if the distributor went bad?
- Could the symptoms listed be a pvc valve or air filter (neither have been changed for quite some time)?
- Any other seggestions?