# 2005 Lincoln Aviator - Backfires and dies

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-lincoln-aviator-backfires-and-dies/171113>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** lincoln\
**Created:** [October 12, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-lincoln-aviator-backfires-and-dies/171113 "2020-10-12T00:15:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![CarlHolcomb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@CarlHolcomb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CarlHolcomb)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-lincoln-aviator-backfires-and-dies/171113/1 "2020-10-12T00:15:50Z")

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back fires a lot and dies

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-lincoln-aviator-backfires-and-dies/171113/2 "2020-10-12T00:58:12Z")

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> [@CarlHolcomb](#):
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> back fires a lot and dies

I’m going to guess that something in the timing chain system has gone awry.

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/8/1/81f0174e1a592869e19a22f363277427315e94e1.jpeg)

Tester