When a 2.3L Ranger jumps timing.

"Coty" (coty) 02/09/2015 at 13:00 • Filed to: None

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(not mine, mine's a 4.0L)

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Coty 02/09/2015 at 13:01

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I believe the sound of that exploding, probably is the "Brown Note".

Causing an immediate code brown for the driver.

Coty > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 02/09/2015 at 13:02

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Jesus, you ain't wrong.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Coty 02/09/2015 at 13:11

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Why would part of the exhaust burst if the engine timing let go?

That's like having a laptop tell you "Warning Danger To Manifold!!!" and your diamond-plate passenger floor fall out.

sketchcat > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 02/09/2015 at 13:19

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if the exhaust was full of fuel charged air because... badly timed valve movements.

Sam > Coty 02/09/2015 at 13:23

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My dad's R107 did that one time. He was actually driving behind it in his Audi and saw it happen. He also had a gas tank fall out of his '60s Le Mans convertible in an intersection.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > sketchcat 02/09/2015 at 13:29

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That makes sense. I just couldn't connect how the exhaust would fail when bad timing would more quickly ruin the engine.

sketchcat > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 02/09/2015 at 14:18

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I reserve the right to be completely wrong.

but its the best explanation i can milk out of my brain.

I watched my buddy get his pair parted by fire shooting out of the carb on his POS 71 charger... which was fun. ( first attempt at starting after a full rebuild)

Dude you stink like gasoline.

Timing, gotta get on that.

you think!?