The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE Replies to this message will be emailed.    PRINT   SAVE 

WHY WON'T THIS THING START??? 700 1989

posted by  Token Ring Man on  Sun Feb 10 08:29 CST 2002
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] [RELATED]

I read the replies and something else comes to mind. The harmonic balancer may be bad. That's the crank pulley to you and me. It's got some rubber seperating the pulley part from the inner part and it's bonded together. As the car ages, the bonding breaks down and the pulley can rotate independently. The timing can be way off as far as the marks are concerned but still run, on an engine which has not been messed with. Try this, take out plug number one and stick a long piece of wooden dod down the hole. Rotate the engine to top dead center and see if the cam marks are aligned. You may have to rotate it again to get the correct alignemt. The lobes should be pointing up.

Pretty funny reason to change an engine. I had to laugh what you said it developed a miss and a knock. That reminds me of a story I heard on TLC. A Spitfire pilot returned from a dog-fight. He told the crew to check the engine as it was running 'roughly'. They checked it and several of the cylinder heads had been shot off.
--
Warren Bain - '86 744Ti M46 >282Kmi, '96 965 >97Kmi Wifemobile near Manassas Va






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.