So I think I have the record of the worst luck with my car.
I was driving down a hill when all of a sudden my brakes tighten up bad (like push as hard as you can and all though it slows the car down it doesn't do it fast) well I was 5 mins from home and was running late so I turned around parked the car at my house and took my wifes car. 3 weeks later I found time to work on my car, which was what I thought, a brake booster line that was cracked on the UIM, simple black tape just to check if that is the fix, get in the car and start it, well now the battery is dead. OK jump start with my wifes car, with no success. invite a friend with bigger car to jump it, no luck. yet another friend with a truck and a tire and pushed the car, well it started!! but, now miss firing, also nasty engine noise. waited 15 mins just thinking maybe oil was not coming up in the engine, needless to say the oil was there, kept it running for a total of 20 mins shut the car off ( also the engine didnt want to run, so I had to keep my foot on the gas just for it to stay alive.), and tried to start again, but cant start it. I know the problems are not related, but what gets me is how can engine damage happen when the car hasn't been running? I mean minus the brakes the car was running good when I parked it, now it sounds and feels like the engine is about to shoot a piston.... any thoughts? I was thinking this could be the timing tensioner that didn't pull the timing chain tight therefore chain slap, and miss firing due to lack of timing? please help as the car is in great shape and I would hate to throw it out over something simple.
Thanks!
I was driving down a hill when all of a sudden my brakes tighten up bad (like push as hard as you can and all though it slows the car down it doesn't do it fast) well I was 5 mins from home and was running late so I turned around parked the car at my house and took my wifes car. 3 weeks later I found time to work on my car, which was what I thought, a brake booster line that was cracked on the UIM, simple black tape just to check if that is the fix, get in the car and start it, well now the battery is dead. OK jump start with my wifes car, with no success. invite a friend with bigger car to jump it, no luck. yet another friend with a truck and a tire and pushed the car, well it started!! but, now miss firing, also nasty engine noise. waited 15 mins just thinking maybe oil was not coming up in the engine, needless to say the oil was there, kept it running for a total of 20 mins shut the car off ( also the engine didnt want to run, so I had to keep my foot on the gas just for it to stay alive.), and tried to start again, but cant start it. I know the problems are not related, but what gets me is how can engine damage happen when the car hasn't been running? I mean minus the brakes the car was running good when I parked it, now it sounds and feels like the engine is about to shoot a piston.... any thoughts? I was thinking this could be the timing tensioner that didn't pull the timing chain tight therefore chain slap, and miss firing due to lack of timing? please help as the car is in great shape and I would hate to throw it out over something simple.
Thanks!
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