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1992 K1500 5.7L While Driving Loud Bang and All Dead.
1992 K1500 5.7L
While Driving Loud Bang and All Dead. My wife took the truck for a food run and never made it back. She said the truck made a loud bang from under the hood and she lost steering and brakes. I assume the engine quit. I am trying to figure out what went wrong so I can repair it myself before winter as I cannot afford to take it to my local garage right now. Anyway the battery was extremely low when I met my wife at the side of the road, probably from her trying to start it. The injectors are firing and it seemed to want to start for a minute while cranking with the last of life from the battery. I am assuming good spark and timing and from the bang figure it might be a timing chain. Truck mileage is approx 135k. Seeing how tomorrow is Sunday I plan on going up to the lot and cking things out a little further. How can I tell if the timing chain is indeed the culprit? It did not seem to turnover very fast as I would think it would if the chain were broken. If remove the cap and verify that the distributor turns when cranking, does that mean the chain is good?? I am not sure what the distributor runs off of the cam or oil pump shaft? Thanks for any advice in advance!! This has always been a great newsgroup. Whoops my nose got brown..... Thanks JRE |
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