My cars been down for a lil while. I get it running and driving. It runs like shit. I go buy a discount distributor slap in it. It runs for about 10 minutes and motor dies. After a few minutes of messing with it. Come to the conclusion the Distributor isnt turning. So i yank it out, and the gear is JUNK! It has about 3 half-ass teeth left on it. Meanwhile the rest of the gears are now in my motor. Turns out The man behind the counter tells me according to the part#. He sold me a CAST GEAR! Which when matched with STEEL cam gear, equals CAST teeth down in my motor. Not only is there metal in the oil. But as the car died i noticed HEAVY smoke coming from the breathers.... Which leads me to believe that more than likely. The teeth being loose in the engine, have probably destroyed my rings. ( car ran good, no smoke, no knock. previously) Just wasnt getting fire to all 8 cyls.

Now what would you do?