Driving at 66mph for 100 miles car suddenly stutters and dies, puff of smoke, Car won't start, it tries but it is really rough, then smell smoke comeing from the front right headlight area. Like a puff.

Please help, car sitting on the side of the road.

Thanks So much.

 

thats not alot of info to go on.

could be electrical,it could be a blown gasket.

is there any leaking or fliuds burning?

what kind of smoke was it?

 

On my old 82 Z-28 I had something similiar happen except for the smoke coming out of the headlight area.

I was also moving at a higher speed, passing a car on US-74 in North Carolina. All of a sudden a puff of black smoke & it was done.

My results were a broken camshaft. I hope your isn't that bad.

 

There were no leaking fluids I could see. The smoke was a white or grayish color. Could it be a fuel pump? Sure hope it is something simple. Stranded in Indianapolis with car in Danville

Thanks

 

When my coil died, it ran OK until one day, from a stop light, I hit the gas and it was missing a lot. When it did fire, it shot out these huge plumes of smoke and sounded like a shotgun. Maybe a mile later it fried totally. New $10 coil fixed that. I'd recommend going back to the car with the following:

1.) Compression gauge
2.) Spark tester (or a new plug you'll not be using)
3.) Standard 3/8" socket set
4.) Multimeter
5.) A few feet of 10-12 gauge wire

As well as maybe a gallon of fuel, a can of spray starting fluid and maybe a fuel pressure gauge if you feel so inclined. If you do decide to test the fuel pressure, be sure to bring a set of open-ended wrenches to remove the fuel line. Test for Spark, Fuel, Compression and see which one you're missing and remember that a weak spark may not be enough to really do anything.

Sounds also like a wire burnt if that's where you're distrribution block is -- mine is right near the passenger's headlight.

 

Timing chain could have skipped or jumped a tooth too.

 

Ignition module ?