Questions & Answers for: Chevrolet happens car jumps timing chain

Question about 1999 S-10 Pickup

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timing chain, its good. Piston goes up and down but no compression. Not enough play in the timing chain to jump. Any ideas? You could have a burnt valve if there is no compression in just one cylinder

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timing chain? 1999 chevy suburban You don't say how many miles the engine has. The engine is misfiring and running backwards momentarily. In days of old this was from the timing being too far advanced

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Question about 1995 C1500

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timing light at the crankshaft, and if the mark is jumping around a lot, your chain has jumped a cog. If not that, then you have a stuck valve, or a burnt one. Do a compression test. You need to check

Question about 1994 Caprice Classic

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...timing chain has jumped, and your crankshaft to camshaft timing is out. This sounds like a timing problem. Depending on your engine type you have either a timing belt or a timing chain. This isnt ...

car. My first thought was the timing chain might have jumped a tooth causing your cam timing to be off. This is like the only thing I have seen cause this problem with a 305 or 350 I would be checking

...the no-start, no-compression issue you state.  You will need to repair the timing chain/gears/tensioner and have the head removed and repaired in order to get the car back to operating

...car started with a little sputtering when accelarating from a stop n round 35-40 mph...then it started stalling at stops and lost alot of its power, it wasnt moving as fast as it use to even on flat ...

...timing chain and a balance shaft chain also. My 2003 Cavalier jumped time about 2 months ago and that is what it had in it. 2.2l Ecotech has a timing chain, not a belt. The chain by design was ...

timing chain to come loose and jump time. This results in head damage to the valves. If you have more than 60000 miles on a 2.2L engine you are running on borrowed time. It is not a case of IF it will

car backfire violently before this happened? The timing chain may have jumped cause a mechanical backfire that cracked your oil filter. This very hard to diagnose, can you give more info, does the car

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