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Old 04-19-03, 04:37 PM
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Unhappy well...i think she finally died on me

I went today to get my FC inspected...the guy told me that i would need a new muffler before he could do the inspection, because mine had a hole in it and he wasnt getting enough pressure out of the pipe to test it.
So i took a trip down to the local muffler shop so that they could check out my leaks and give me a price on fixing everything. $45 if i wanted to just replace the muffler, $150 if i wanted to replace all of the piping from the manifold back using my own cats. He said it would be a 2.5-3 hr wait because they were really busy, so i just told him i would come back tomorrow.
On the drive home, the thermostat started going up, slowly at first. I had just checked the coolant the day before, so i wasnt really that worried....i just blamed it on the weather. When i got about 5 miles from my house the temp was still going up, so i pulled into a Walgreens to check all my fluids. Coolant was good, Oil was good, everything seemed fine....so i went into the store for awhile to let the engine cool down before i drove it home. After about 30 min i came back out to my car and it wouldnt start. It had gas, coolant, oil, 12 volts on the battery. The starter would crank, and the engine would almost turn over...but it just wouldnt start. I tried a few tricks because at first i thought it was flooded...but that wouldnt explain why it was getting so hot.
I had to go to work, so i just left it at Walgreens and hopefully tonight i can get it running again. Im taking the compression tester with me. hopefully its just flooded.

I guess if its blown...then its time to go turbo thats about the only good thing that would come out of this

wish me luck,

-Tommy
Old 04-19-03, 04:39 PM
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sorry, i was a little out of it....i meant to post this in the 2nd gen forum
if a moderator could please help me out

...sorry about that
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dude...that sucks....although for turbo, GO FOR IT!!!
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