MOTOR DIED!!! need some help here!!!
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MOTOR DIED!!! need some help here!!! My friends 95 LT1 just died. He said he was pulling into his work and the car started stumbling and the oil pressure just started dropping and the motor died. Of course, now it wont crank. We had suspected he had a bad head gasket from the motor smoking sorta bad at times. (not the blue color associated with burning oil). Besides a pump die'ing, or a bad oil pressure sending unit, what would yuo suspect the possible causes to be? i can answer any questions if i left something out....HELP !!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />
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Re: MOTOR DIED!!! need some help here!!! ok...new status....
A4 car.
it will crank and idle but choppy.
battery is fine.
plugs are fine (new & checked 2x)
new wires
has gas, just did oil change,
and no foamy stuff under the oil cap.
but still smokes pretty good.
and its not losing coolant.
now what?
A4 car.
it will crank and idle but choppy.
battery is fine.
plugs are fine (new & checked 2x)
new wires
has gas, just did oil change,
and no foamy stuff under the oil cap.
but still smokes pretty good.
and its not losing coolant.
now what?
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From: BLOOMFIELD, NY
Re: MOTOR DIED!!! need some help here!!! NEED MORE INFO ON THE CAR..
1. Does the motor turn over
2. Is the battery DEAD
3. Are you getting spark
4. Is the motor gettin gas
5. Does the car have gas in it.
6. Does the car have oil in it.
7. Does the starter turn
8. Does the starter grind.
9 Is the car an M6 OR A4
LET ME KNOW
1. Does the motor turn over
2. Is the battery DEAD
3. Are you getting spark
4. Is the motor gettin gas
5. Does the car have gas in it.
6. Does the car have oil in it.
7. Does the starter turn
8. Does the starter grind.
9 Is the car an M6 OR A4
LET ME KNOW
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Re: MOTOR DIED!!! need some help here!!! ok....new update....
got under the car last night and one sparkplug wire was burnt through and 3 others were burned. cranked it up and MAJOR backfire. Assuming it had fuel puddled in it from the non-sparking plug. should he crank it and just let it run for a few mins or do something else?
thanks for everything so far guys....(i told him to just ditch it and get a LS1 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> j/k)
got under the car last night and one sparkplug wire was burnt through and 3 others were burned. cranked it up and MAJOR backfire. Assuming it had fuel puddled in it from the non-sparking plug. should he crank it and just let it run for a few mins or do something else?
thanks for everything so far guys....(i told him to just ditch it and get a LS1 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> j/k)
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Re: MOTOR DIED!!! need some help here!!! how many miles are on the car. I would change the wires and plugs. Also fuel filter and clean those injectors. Then take her out and give her some hell. How does the car run at wot. Let us know
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Re: MOTOR DIED!!! need some help here!!! well, its my car....i checked the wires and replaced the bad ones....but the car still has a good backfire and bad throttle response...its like bogged down and mushy kinda...the o2 sensors are bad and last time we hooked a scanner up to it they were throwing rediculously low readings...like 8.....they are still hooked up...should i try disconnecting them and letting the car run off the pcm code to see if that helps the backfire? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" /> i can replace the o2's this weekend, but i dont kno what else to look 4