Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting Any ideas welcome. Daughters Contour won't start.

did the timing belt simply jump 2 teeth?

Daughter asked how can she tell if it jumped teeth? She is standing out there with her hands on her hips looking very grim at the engine right now.

if you have the timing cover off, you can see a mark on the sprocket, and it should line up with the other mark, when it spins around.. (<---car dummy about timing...) Someone explain this to her..

Ray

Daughter did that and found the timing mark (looked like white paint line on the sprocket she said) They said the belt was not tight kinda floppy there and the marks didn't line up.

If the marks don't line up, your timing is off, and that will cause your rough running/no start problem. The chain may have been worn out, and got loose, making it possible to jump a few teeth..

I would recommend replacing the timing chain, and setting the timing back, to see how the car runs afterwards.

Place the timing chain on the sprockets in the right order, then slide the entire assembly on to the crank... it's a doable job by yourself, unless something was damaged, but as TDF stated these are non-interferance engines, so that shoud be minimal chance (if any)

A good haynes manual for that car would work wonders.. look up timing chain replacement.. hell maybe someone on here would type it up really quick.. (I don't have my haynes manual within the city or I wold be more than happy to do it, myself..


Ray

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so what happened with the car????

Yeah, Very Interested To See What The Cause Was.....

After not hearing from me for so long I guess you guys thought I was not thankful for your input on my problem with my daughters Contour. I am so very thankful and those that said it was the timing belt were right on the money. Now my problem is.........how in the heck will I pay for this. We finally, as of yesterday had it towed to a car repair shop. They called today with the harrowing news. The timing belt and tensioner need replaced....the water pump needs replaced.....the serpentine belt is cracked and needs replaced.......It needs a new wire set cause the valve cover gasket was cracked and sprayed oil down into the sparkplug wells and all over the plugs and wires and soaked the wires. The plugs were new and I told them that they were new so he marked that off, I guess they can just take them out and clean them up and the wells of the oil or something. The valve cover gasket needs replaced too............ALL together with parts, labor and taxes.....DANANANANANA ( Brack humor there, you know, Space Ghost Brack LOL ) $ 874.50 !!!!!! I have 500.00 that I can scrape up so until I come up with the remaining 374.50, my daughter's Tour will be sitting at the shop. Thank you all for your help and responses. You are a great group and I will keep ya'll updated on Terri's Tour.