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The van isn't mine, it is my mother in law's. She bought it when her last Ody's transmission went out. She keeps buying 200k+ vehicles and replacing them. I told her it would make more sense to just replace what went wrong or buy one that didn't have one foot in the grave.
So, she bought another one with 200k+ miles. She drove it for a few months and the transmission went out. She put a new transmission in it. It shifts really nice. I told her the motor was noisy before that though as I'm the one who drove it to the transmission shop and it had an upper end noise.
Anyway, the van drove good and she drove it back and forth from Florida to TN a few times. She had to have it towed home the last time because it was shutting off and running bad.
They indicated that it would get sort of hot then cool off all the sudden. They got a new timing set and VCM solenoid put on it. It has a dayton brand belt. The other pieces are duralast brand.
This was done by a mechanic. It broke down halfway here and they towed it to my house. They said it drove fine on the way here til it didn't.
It sounds like it has a knock on the top end to me. It starts right up, doesn't smoke. It won't rev up at all though and seems to lack power. It has a run flat light on the dash(I think it has regular rims and tires on it now), I wouldn't expect that matters but after reading the VCM thread where it plays white noise through the stereo to cover up the VCM kicking in, who knows? lol.
Given the timing was just changed and I expected with subpar parts, I went ahead and took off everything to see. I wish all timing belts were this easy to access.
Anyway, it doesn't appear to have jumped time. I assume lining up the 3 marks is really all I had to do to verify timing.
It is my opinion it needs a new engine given the high mileage. I have the tools to change one here but if I can fix this one, I'm OK with that and I'd like to start there.
This isn't an engine I am familiar with. I have a good OBD code reader and I can find my way around mechanical and electrical systems.
I'd appreciate a refrain from cursing generic timing parts. I already read about 100 pages of that, lol. I didn't buy, install, or agree with buying any of it.
The noise appears to come from the front center of the engine in the head area. The codes are p0300-p0306 if I recall correctly. It shows misfire on every cylinder. This is why I took the timing cover off to check it. I put the pulley back on and I can start it how it sits.
If anyone could give me some direction on what to check next.
Also, how hard is this engine to change? It doesn't seem terrible looking into the engine bay.
I appreciate it.
David
The van isn't mine, it is my mother in law's. She bought it when her last Ody's transmission went out. She keeps buying 200k+ vehicles and replacing them. I told her it would make more sense to just replace what went wrong or buy one that didn't have one foot in the grave.
So, she bought another one with 200k+ miles. She drove it for a few months and the transmission went out. She put a new transmission in it. It shifts really nice. I told her the motor was noisy before that though as I'm the one who drove it to the transmission shop and it had an upper end noise.
Anyway, the van drove good and she drove it back and forth from Florida to TN a few times. She had to have it towed home the last time because it was shutting off and running bad.
They indicated that it would get sort of hot then cool off all the sudden. They got a new timing set and VCM solenoid put on it. It has a dayton brand belt. The other pieces are duralast brand.
This was done by a mechanic. It broke down halfway here and they towed it to my house. They said it drove fine on the way here til it didn't.
It sounds like it has a knock on the top end to me. It starts right up, doesn't smoke. It won't rev up at all though and seems to lack power. It has a run flat light on the dash(I think it has regular rims and tires on it now), I wouldn't expect that matters but after reading the VCM thread where it plays white noise through the stereo to cover up the VCM kicking in, who knows? lol.
Given the timing was just changed and I expected with subpar parts, I went ahead and took off everything to see. I wish all timing belts were this easy to access.
Anyway, it doesn't appear to have jumped time. I assume lining up the 3 marks is really all I had to do to verify timing.
It is my opinion it needs a new engine given the high mileage. I have the tools to change one here but if I can fix this one, I'm OK with that and I'd like to start there.
This isn't an engine I am familiar with. I have a good OBD code reader and I can find my way around mechanical and electrical systems.
I'd appreciate a refrain from cursing generic timing parts. I already read about 100 pages of that, lol. I didn't buy, install, or agree with buying any of it.
The noise appears to come from the front center of the engine in the head area. The codes are p0300-p0306 if I recall correctly. It shows misfire on every cylinder. This is why I took the timing cover off to check it. I put the pulley back on and I can start it how it sits.
If anyone could give me some direction on what to check next.
Also, how hard is this engine to change? It doesn't seem terrible looking into the engine bay.
I appreciate it.
David
