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bizzay1
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Engine won't turn over
« on: Jun 16th, 2007, 9:48pm » |
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Well, the wife went out in the 2.3 this morning, only went to a friends house about a mile away, on the way there she said the car was making a rattling/banging sound and when she stopped & got out said it sounded like a diesel.
Well she parked it at her mates house and they went into town for a couple of hours and when she returned the engine won't turn over - I've just got it back home on the back of a recovery truck, and I think the engine is seized cos I can't turn it over with a spanner on the front pully (tried both ways) so once I confirm it I may end up scrapping it 
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Re: Engine won't turn over
« Reply #1 on: Jun 16th, 2007, 10:30pm » |
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Crikey mate, oil starvation?
Haven't heard of anything that severe before, maybe (hope) it's something less serious?
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Re: Engine won't turn over
« Reply #2 on: Jun 16th, 2007, 10:46pm » |
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Has the Sump Plug dropped out? Filter come off? 
Sounds horrible...........Hope it's not terminal.
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Re: Engine won't turn over
« Reply #3 on: Jun 17th, 2007, 1:58am » |
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aircon compressor clutch hopefully
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Re: Engine won't turn over
« Reply #4 on: Jun 17th, 2007, 5:48pm » |
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would failed bearings in the water pump/power steering also be bad enough to stop it cranking?
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Re: Engine won't turn over
« Reply #5 on: Jun 17th, 2007, 8:35pm » |
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Or the starter? 
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on Oct 17th, 2011, 12:35pm, Simmo wrote:| I give up ! Too much for an old boy! |
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bizzay1
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Re: Engine won't turn over
« Reply #6 on: Jun 17th, 2007, 10:13pm » |
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Haven't had a chance to look at it today, was my lads birthday, but as long as the rain holds off I'll try to start eliminating things tomorrow.
My gut feeling is it's seized though, but I'll start by removing the belt, then take the starter out, and go from there
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Re: Engine won't turn over
« Reply #7 on: Jun 17th, 2007, 10:19pm » |
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manual or auto? maybe gearbox/clutch jammed or broken?
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on Oct 17th, 2011, 12:35pm, Simmo wrote:| I give up ! Too much for an old boy! |
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bizzay1
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Re: Engine won't turn over
« Reply #8 on: Jun 18th, 2007, 7:22am » |
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on Jun 17th, 2007, 10:19pm, Highlander wrote:| manual or auto? maybe gearbox/clutch jammed or broken? |
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Automatic m8, at least that is one area that I can eliminate straight away
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Re: Engine won't turn over
« Reply #9 on: Jun 18th, 2007, 8:13am » |
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Have you tried the Starting Handle?" 
Those were the days... 
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Re: Engine won't turn over
« Reply #11 on: Jun 23rd, 2007, 5:52pm » |
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bizzy, could the chain of broken or the chanin tensioner come apart and wedged in some where? worth taking the rocker cover off and having a look, pull the chain etc...
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bizzay1
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Re: Engine won't turn over
« Reply #12 on: Jun 23rd, 2007, 6:36pm » |
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If I find a bucketful of enthusiasm and maybe a dry day I might have a probe around if nobody is interested in her as a complete car.
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