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98 plymouth voyager serpentine belt broke , replaced both ...

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98 plymouth voyager serpentine belt broke , replaced both belts van wont start

 

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1998 Chrysler voyager 6cil 3.0

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Status:  Closed   Value: $15
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June 20 2006 at 12:24 PM (6 hours and 35 minutes and 47 seconds later)
         
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does the veh have electrical power?,head lights and stuff.does it crank but not start or not crank at all?
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June 20 2006 at 4:42 PM (4 hours and 18 minutes and 2 seconds later)
         
Reply to chris's Post: will rotate engine compresion loks good radio lights are fine sounds like timing
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June 21 2006 at 5:06 AM (12 hours and 24 minutes and 37 seconds later)
         
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was the serp belt wraped behind the crank pully? what makes you think the valve timming is off?
chris -- Auto Service Technician -- 100% Positive Feedback on 36 Car Accepts
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June 21 2006 at 8:37 AM (3 hours and 31 minutes later)
         
Reply to chris's Post: yes was wraped on crank pulley ,it will almost start by sound then will go blank empty sound like only the starter going on
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June 21 2006 at 8:41 AM (3 minutes and 30 seconds later)
         
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if you hold the gas pedal to the floor when cranking will it start at all or do you hear poping noises?also you did not mention why the belt broke,did the tensioner fail? can you spin all the pullys it rides on?

Edited by weitz70 on June 21 2006 at 8:43 AM
chris -- Auto Service Technician -- 100% Positive Feedback on 36 Car Accepts
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June 21 2006 at 8:55 AM (14 minutes and 2 seconds later)
         
Reply to chris's Post: pulleys will move wont do poping noises when i crank with gas at floor ill just crank away
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June 21 2006 at 9:46 AM (50 minutes and 53 seconds later)
         
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ok, any idea why the belt broke? If you think it is out of time,which it could be,then we need to verify that it is.offten when they jump time you can hold the gas to the floor and crank it and they will pop and make some strange noises.you will have to line up the mark on the crank pully to the timming mark tab at 0.next remove the dis cap and check that the dis rotor is pointing at #1 cyl(just a note that the inside of the 3.0 cap does not line up with the outside,tower #1 with the wire pluged into it for cyl #1 moves to a different location on the inside of the cap)also note that if it is not pointing at #1 rotate it one more time and line it up and recheck.(have to make sure it is on compression stroke)try this and we can go from there.just a side note,check a spark plug or 2 to make sure it did not flood

Edited by weitz70 on June 21 2006 at 9:50 AM
chris -- Auto Service Technician -- 100% Positive Feedback on 36 Car Accepts
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