on my t2 the motor is locking up. it ran before, it was flooding hella bad now its just not turning easy. it is a rebuilt s5 motor. all the parts were is great shape when i rebuilt it, now i am not sure whats going on. the motor never made any funny sounds like apex seals tearing apart the houseings. it just stop turning over one night. i have no idea why. the bearing were in good shape and it turned so easy for its first 30 start ups. now i dont know wahts going on so if you would help me i would really be greatful!!! thanks

 

have you tried push-starting it? Or turning the motor over by hand?

 

yea bum starting did not work and i cant turn it by hand. i took the starter motor off and its still not helping. but the motor sounded so nice last night. it did not saound like anything was wrong at all. i cant figure it out and i really do wanta take the front cover off to replace the barings.

 

please help? i wanta drive to school!

 

Well, if the motor isn't turning over at all, taking the front cover off isn't likely to help. If the motor won't turn over by hand, there's something seriously wrong inside.

You could drain the oil & see if there's a metallic sheen on it. If so, you're looking at destroyed main bearings.

-=Russ=-

 

apex seal might of broken or fell out while the motor was shutting down. and locked it up, and the starter cant overcome the wedge factor.... its pretty hard to seize a motor from bad bearings unless they REALLY toast..... also carbon lock is another posibility.... results of any of these arnt good.... meaning rebuild....

most of the time u cant hear when the seals break.....

 

He said it was a S5 rebuilt motor. Like syonyk said drain the oil and see if there are any metallic sheen. I would take out the spark plugs and see if you can try to crank it by hand again. When you cranked it by hand you did take off the belts right?? Just a thought.

 

well i figured it out. so sad my oil pump failed, what are the chances this suck time to take it out again 3 time and start over. i really am starting to get mad at my car. what i am going to do first tho is put a new oil pump on and rape my motor with oil by putting a drill on it and turning it maybe i can save it sence it ran so little less then 5 mins in total. i really hope my turbo is ok too, man i hate cars

 

:-(

 

Sounds like a spun bearing... Hope not...

 

by the way spining the the oil pump with a drill equalls big mess i recomend not trying it. the key in the oil pump broke in half how i do not know. i am still trying to save it i am open for segestion.

 

Take the engine apart, don't hurt it anymore than it already is...