Questions & Answers for: Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera happens car jumps timing chain

...car has 181,000 mi. How hot did it get before you chg. thermostat? Could have jumped time, timming chain maybe, cracked head, or head gasget. whatever it is don't sound good. Oil smoke, flame throer, ...

...car is missnig very bad, so I replaced the crank sencer today and still missing.I check all wires and found out that my bottom coil was not fring, I replaced it and it still isnt fring,still ...

gear noise inside motor Probably the timing chain getting loose and rubbing the timing cover. Time to replace the timing chain!!

1990 CUTLASS CIERA 2.5L HAVING A HARD TIME STARTING. CUTLASS CIERA 2.5L HAVING A HARD TIME STARTING. HAVE REPLACED FUEL INJECTOR, O2 SENSOR. STILL RUNS ROUGH IN IDLE, GAS MILEAGE SO SO, STILL HARD ...

car cranks over but will not start. Check plugs and flooded check spark and ok but not starting check timing chain..might have jumped

speed sensor goes out and this has happened at random times. it works sometimes but before it does the speedometer starts jumping. out put shaft bushing could be worn causing sensor to contact out put

...timing chain can jump a notch, apparently, but popular opinion seems to favor the coils. Don't know how many your motor has - probably 3. Check online for testing procedures with a multimeter. Check ...

timing belt if i had to guess,but unless you are a car buff something that old is not worth repairing. Like Ron says,timing chain is possibility,usually only above 150,000 though it can happen sooner.

...timing had jumped sputtering but not quite starting. Then it'd just tu I checked the diagnostics and just got 12 12 12 which I believe means the diagnostics are functioning. there's about ...

...happens feels like a cylinder drops a little sluggish feeling but still screams home!! could this be a crank sensor? SOUNDS ELETRICAL TO ME. PLEASE HELP. The speedometer is not driven by the crank ...