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Buick dead again???
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:41 am
by Ryan from Ohio
Thermostat stuck closed on Thanksgiving. Giving her a little time to cool off it seemed to work flawlessly again...
Then this morning...
Stuck on me again. THis time it didnt unstick itself...
Overheated to the point where I pulled over to let it cool 3 times. The third time was forced as the car stalled...
It started back up after 10 minutes of rest. The motor made a kocking noise, the belt squelled a bit and some other unidentifiable noise from the transmission area towards the passenger tire... The car then stalled as I glided into a parking lot at a pretty much abandonded strip mall...
The Buick wont start... It makes weird noises when it turns over...
I think its REALLY DEAD... And I just put $900 into it weeks ago...
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:51 am
by Bwcad1
dude sounds like its going to seeze up soon how hot did it get? knocking noises are never good and are rarely a cheap fix. what kind of noise is it when it tries to turn over? screetch howl. BOOM? that sucks man!
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:57 am
by Ryan from Ohio
Screech...
Im sure its seizing up...
My dad told me to get a shop down here to change the antifreeze and thermostat...lmao like thats going to fix it!
:help:
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:14 am
by smoker
can you say spun bearing?
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:14 am
by Bwcad1
yea dude my guess its you got it to hot blew the head gasket or something of the like and it was hot enought to keep turning now that its col di bet it wont even move
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:44 am
by William from NOLA
Ryan, my friend, you need a bicycle
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:17 am
by Ryan from Ohio
William from NOLA wrote:Ryan, my friend, you need a bicycle
I dont think the mountain bike, ahem my fat ass, can make a 26 mile one way trek to work every day...
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:43 am
by William from NOLA
lol, you won't have a fat ass if you did 26 miles a day!
You need an old honda or something that will go for 400,000 miles
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:11 pm
by Ryan from Ohio
I need something <$300
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:01 pm
by Jonathan
GM = General Maintenance
The only thing $300 will get you is a beater truck. You never know, though, I've seen many beater trucks last a LONG time.