When I bought the car, the only real problem was that it turned to the left a little. Simple fix. Tires, rotate and balance, alignment. As the years went buy, things needed replacing. Fuel pump, starter, alternator, valve cover gasket, cv axles & axle seals, spark plugs, wires, distributor, fuel filter, brakes, and battery terminals. It's a 25-year old car, so most of the rubber was dry-rotting. Recently, I've been having some issue with the car idling up and down, a loss of power, and what feels like the engine is working against me. I tried everything from compression test (good on all cylinders), to adjusting the distributor positioning using a timing light and tach, to replacing the plugs again, checking the spark plug wiring order, and throttle position. It has a brand new air filter and fuel filter and fuel pump that all meet oem requirements and are functioning fine. Spark is good. I keep ending up at timing. The vehicle has a timing chain. New issues that have come up have included: Valve cover pinging/ticking, increased loss of power, continuous change in idle RPM, and lastly and most horribly...it dieseled...I turned the car off one day, and it ran uncontrollably. I had to literally cut the fuel line because the RPM was steadily rising and dropping like someone was doing arpeggios on a de-tuned cello. Perhaps you can help me. Perhaps you can't. When describing my problems with this car, every mechanic has told me to give up and scrap it. I know better than that. They just don't want the work that goes into it.
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NikolaiKitov
1993 Nissan Sentra XE 1.6L. I typed it the first time but the site had an issue and had to retype all this. Forgot to include it the second time. 77,000 miles today.
ScottyKilmer
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should have told me make, model, and mileage so I could gauge it better. but if it's a nissan, the timing chain tensioners and chains often wear inside and do just htat
