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videoguy009
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 Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 5:50 pm Post subject: Cranking coming to a quick stop when turning pulley clockwise |
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My car was idling the other day and the motor came to a sudden stop and quit.I have a situation where if I turn the crank pulley with a wrench to the left it will turn all day.When I turn it clockwise a couple rotations it ends up stopping quick as if the crank is hitting something in the case.If I back and forth it it will move counter then stop on the same spot clockwise.It is a 73 beetle semi auto 1600 DP.I don't think a rod is broken as I cannot hear anything while rotating.I was thinking of checking the oil pump,distributor drive gear and distributor,etc for binding before doing a possible tear down.Could it be something to do with the torque converter and flex plate at the front of the engine.The car always shifted great!
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Bama Dave
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 5:56 pm Post subject: Re: Cranking coming to a quick stop when turning pulley clockwise |
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Pull the engine and see if it turns while disconnected from trans. Either way, I think your gonna have to do that.
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 6:05 pm Post subject: Re: Cranking coming to a quick stop when turning pulley clockwise |
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Yes, engine pull time, with any luck you'll find a foreign object in the bellhousing.
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buggnuttz
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Location: southern cheeseland
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: Cranking coming to a quick stop when turning pulley clockwise |
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check your valves ive had two different motors drop a valve at idle with same symptoms
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rosevillain
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 10:03 pm Post subject: Re: Cranking coming to a quick stop when turning pulley clockwise |
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| Is it possible that your distributor clamp slipped and allowed the distributor to lift a bit? That would allow the drive gear to lift when you rotate clockwise and jam the gear. Counter cl9ckwise would drive the drive gear down. Or maybe I'm backwards? |
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