[alfa] Re: 164L tensioner failure followup question

[TJCallahan@xxxxxxx]

In ad v9n1076, doug s. writes:

<snip>
> when it started, the walves were clacking against the pistons.  the wife 
> confirmed the car was *not* making this noise when she parked it.  any clues?
> 

How about "Somebody's not telling the [whole] truth."?

Disclaimer - Dunno your wife or children, not trying to cast aspersions, 
don't mean to suggest you hire a lawyer, or nuthin' like that.

Did the engine turn over hard while the battery was [nearly] flat? Kind of 
one hard-as-nails rev per try of the key?  If so, the engine can possibly kick 
back a little just after getting over TDC compression on a cyl. I wonder if 
that would be enough to skip the belt?

2nd Disclaimer - Dunno Alfa V6's, either. Did have an old piece of 'merican 
iron that went through batteries and wump-wump-wump'd on start up tries fairly 
often. It had a proper timing chain, however. (Wanna start the 'Real Alfa 
thread again? :-)

Tom
Seattle
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