i was driving it worked fine. i stoped reved to 4000 droped the clutch to look cool in front of a friend. the car made funny noieses. it stalles when driving know if your off the gass. looked under neath it was glowing red. what did i break is it just a matter of leting it cool off. oh god i'm swered aren't i???? will this cost a lot????

 

Swered? Is that another term for drunk? 'Cause it sure reads like you are!

Either way, if it was your exhaust that was glowing, you need to figure out where.

It sounds to me like you burnt up a Catatylitc converter.. Nothing too major.

 

it was glowing under the pasanger side

 

you know theres alot of metal on cars specifics would be nice

and if it was towards the middle it wasnt a cat so x that idea

knowing fc's its probobly just being mean to you to let you know it doesnt like when you do that and will be fine tommorow but i dont know anything beyond that

 

It was definately part of the exhaust that was glowing?

I'm still saying you have a clogged/shot cat or pre-cat.. The exhaust comes out of the engine on the passanger side. Those things are really only meant to last 100k miles, or about 7 years or so.. . If original, yours is 14 years old, and at worst, 19!

 

it was a big glowing box i went back about an hour and a half late and it still stalles dead

 

It's the cat. Get a new one or just throw a pipe in it's place.

 

^yep. if you're in a real pinch, you can pull it out, gut it (pound out the insides) and reinstall it. It's very ghetto, and it doesn't sound very good, but it will get you through for the time being..

 

thanks.....so this is my every day car....if i take it in to get fixed how long does this kinda thing take?

 

Any exhaust shop should be able to replace a catalytic converter in a couple hours.

 

Ok well i just got the car back. it just got the cat replaced. But guess what... That's right it don't work. I let it idal a bit in the drive way. once the rmp droped below 1500 is started to sound funny. then it staled. So that's that. What could it be if not for the cat.

 

TPS maybe?

at least its not stalling out and flooding...

 

what's tps, I'm not a car guy yet?

 

Ok well i found out what TPS mean. But I don't see how I Broke that, Let me restate what happend and what is wrong. I was driving just outside of the city with a friens, I wanted to show off and spin the tires. I reved it up to around 4000 and poped the clutch. The car moved but didn't want to move fast so I pushed more on the gas. It went. When we came to a stop and I took it out of gear it stalled. Well I got it home 6 red lights (six times stalling it) I got out and smelled buring. I looked underneth and the cat was red enough that you could use it as a reading light. LOL. So I had a new cat put in the next day. At the garage we had a but of truble starting it cause it was flooded. But any way it was a cold start and it didn' die so, I drove it home, my house is like 3 doors down. after it warmed up and the rpm droped below 1500 it made sounds like it was strugalling. Then it stalled. I drove it around the block and it staled ever time I took it out of gear and the rpm fell below 1500. Now the guy i bought it from is my bosse from work and he spent 6000 haveing it rebuilt painted new everthing so nothings that old in it. any thoughts??????

 

1. Compression test on the engine
2. Re-ground the all the wires
3. ???

Those are your options. I'm guessing your engine's blown. You have learned a valuable lesson, never show off in front of anyone.

 

is a blown engion????what does that mhat mean, whats blown, how do you on blow it??? how long does that take to fix?

 

I wouldn't think your engine is done. I'm not totally sure so I would need somebody to back me up, but isn't there an air pump that goes to the cat to burn the extra fuel? What if the airpump line got disconnnected? Wouldn't that make the cat get really hot? Or am I just an idiot?

 

you could be right, I don't know to much about cars yet.

 

the catalytic converter should have a steel pipe going out of it.and under the car towards the front..if you pop your hood and stand in the front of the car at the front passenger corner look towards the space behind the engine and a little to the left..you should see the steel pipe that comes from the cat...(try and set idle too..)..you should really be researchin this stuff..look into posts in second generation..READ THEM...they are chocked full of info..and you should be spendin 20 bucks on a manual and reading that..jesus..6k..and now you have it..i'm not sayin nothin..screw it..drive like an *** .. you desrve the engine dilemma!

 

check your BAC

 

Christ man my gf of two years just left me for some one twice her age i was only blowing off some steam......... Like you've never done it

 

Did the Comprestion test. Heat are the options, rebuilt this moter or get a second rebuilt moter. So nows hears my question, is it work me puting 5000 into or should i get a new car. I do need a car. If i go aheaed with the fix they'll give me a loner, if i buy a new one, i'll have a new one. Should I get a winter car and let this one sit till spring?

 

gwad...

that should be something left in the emo lounge

and if u were to spend 5k into getting work done to it....do u mind in buying me a new car as well? j/k

rebuilds cost around 1600+ at rotary shops

 

Well they said that they found a second engion that i could buy for 1000 but it sat for over a year so the need to do the compretion test on it. and they can drop it in for 12-1500. I think that's what I'm going to do. Oh god i feel so dumb let that be a lession to you done't hurt your cars be nice to them.

 

Another Canadian genius!