[alfa] Re: 164L tensioner failure followup question

[dsedon@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

tom,

thanks for the info.  sometimes i wonder myself, whether or not i know my wife-n-kids!  ;~)  but seriously, there's no reason for the wife to lie about this.  if she did someting untoward re: our alfas, i'd be the 1st to know about it.  at least that's the way it's always been.  like the time she tore a hole in our milano oil pan on the way to work, & drove back home 15 miles on the highway w/no oil, the time she hopped a curb & trashed the radiator of the 164, etc...  :>)  in this case, it was simple - she went to start the car, it was dead.  when i finally got it started, it made a racket that was easily recognizable, & it wasn't there before...

doug s.

TJCallahan@domain.elided wrote:

>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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