Help!!

Asked by Eve820 Aug 17, 2018 at 01:56 AM about the 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan C/V Cargo FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

After a Mechanic replaces my water pump, all of a
sudden my Dodge Grand Caravan is sputtering
after starting then shakes and then dies!!! I had
tbis mechanic look at it and he said its the timing
chain and said dont bother to fix it!! Its too
expensive! Just find a new car. Im now having to
find rides to work, im a single parent mom with a
daughter in a wheelchair...someone help!!!!

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Sounds like a wannabe mechanic. Check the wiring around the water pump area there is a crankshaft sensor that has wires running to it located by harmonic balancer. He may have done harm to wiring or sensor in process of changing the wp.

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