2008 ford escape turns over blows smoke and dies. What is wrong?

Asked by cadorette Jul 06, 2013 at 02:31 PM about the 2008 Ford Escape Limited AWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Car starts feels like it is firing wrong
think it is the timing belt hoping it is
something else.

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If you have the 3.0 Duratec it has a chain, not a belt. Other than that sorry I am no help with what's going on

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