wont stay running...again

scampy72 said
ok so bad news for me i guess.... after tinkering i ralized that the problem was beyond both my skill and tool set. i took it to a mechanic that was recommended to me. he said he has a suspicion that the timing chain is stretched.

Find another mechanic. That one is full of $HIT!

1st of all chains don't "stretch", the become elongated through wear on the individual pins.

That takes a long time & the symptoms would NOT appear suddenly.