1989 Nissan Sentra dies at stopping, idle

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cheary - 05 Apr 2005 07:01 GMT

My Nissan Sentra wouldn?t idle after mechanic changed distributor rod,
kept dying at idle, took car back, told it needed a new manifold
gasket, after having my car for two weeks, he tells me the car has an
"internal mechanical problem and is blowing black/gray smoke. What
could he have possibly done to my car??? He is telling me I need a new
engine
but it was fine before he got his hands on it. What possibly caused
this?

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gary - 05 Apr 2005 12:38 GMT

I would suspect your timing chain tensioner broke and the timing chain
jumped.
Why did you have the distributor rod replaced? what is a distributor rod?
It's
possible the original problem was misdiagnosed. Timing chain jump will
cause
valve damage if it goes far enough in this motor. I'm assuming US and
GA16i?

gary k

> My Nissan Sentra wouldn't idle after mechanic changed distributor rod,
> kept dying at idle, took car back, told it needed a new manifold
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> but it was fine before he got his hands on it. What possibly caused
> this?

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Mark Levitski - 07 Apr 2005 14:13 GMT

Mechanic could be an a.s?

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