W.P._Turbocars
08-09-2007, 10:36 AM
My duster took a crap on me the other day and I have no idea where else to look.
Sooo...
I was on my way to work and my car wouldn't start at the gas station. I popped the hood and the battery was looking like it was about to explode, so I went and got a new one, put it in and started driving to go to work and the volt gauge was through the roof. I stopped and picked up a new one and it drove fine the rest of the way to work.
I was driving home and noticed it smelled like someone using a blowtorch and it didn't have any power at all. Worse than normal by far. I pulled over and popped the hood and the exauhst manny and pipe was BRIGHT orange. (It actually got hot enough to melt down the pipe. No joke.
We trailered it home the next day, drove it on and off the trailer and around the block with no problems, except no power or response.
I checked the back of the exauhst to see if it was a plugged cat and it had enough pressure to blow my hand off the pipe, so I ruled that out. I noticed the belt on the driver's side of the cam is completely missing.
What exactly is that part called/what's it do? I am guessing some kind of spark advance box, but I know nothing about carbed cars.
Please help. I miss driving the duster.
Gary
Sooo...
I was on my way to work and my car wouldn't start at the gas station. I popped the hood and the battery was looking like it was about to explode, so I went and got a new one, put it in and started driving to go to work and the volt gauge was through the roof. I stopped and picked up a new one and it drove fine the rest of the way to work.
I was driving home and noticed it smelled like someone using a blowtorch and it didn't have any power at all. Worse than normal by far. I pulled over and popped the hood and the exauhst manny and pipe was BRIGHT orange. (It actually got hot enough to melt down the pipe. No joke.
We trailered it home the next day, drove it on and off the trailer and around the block with no problems, except no power or response.
I checked the back of the exauhst to see if it was a plugged cat and it had enough pressure to blow my hand off the pipe, so I ruled that out. I noticed the belt on the driver's side of the cam is completely missing.
What exactly is that part called/what's it do? I am guessing some kind of spark advance box, but I know nothing about carbed cars.
Please help. I miss driving the duster.
Gary