Car quit working.... please help
#26
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I bet you had a timing chain tensioner let go. Just to be clear, when i say spinning over fast, it turns over like way faster than it ever did when it would start correctly, right? Because if your chain is the issue, the starter is just spinning the crank only, chain doesnt turn cams so it doesnt make compression and the starter will just spin the motor super fast since theres very little resistance.
#27
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He must have 😞 don’t know what I’m gonna do without my car. I have had it for 11 years and still get excited to drive it everyday 😢 thanks for the help guys guess I don’t need the Cobalt website anymore. It’s been a lot of help through the years.
#31
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I’m a girl guys I can’t do stuff like that and I know he won’t look at it anymore. He said sorry it’s junk and is threatening to have the junk yard come get it from his house! I’m beside myself right now I’m so upset
#34
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i would still think fuel related. if it "just died" and it was oil-related, you would have seen the oil light and it would have been more violent. oil starvation would cause the crank to seize (freeze) and there would be no engine turning when you try to start the car. a timing chain snap my be less violent but very sudden and would explain "no compression." your bro in law owes you more explanation.
#38
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Is it ok if I add you guys as friends for when I do get it home. My Dad lives with me he can check the things you guys want me to check. He’s a Diesel engine mechanic so he don’t know much about my little car but he knows a little.
#41
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Ya your Dad sounds fully qualified to work on it.
If you have people that can help you out it might make sense to rebuild it. A shop will cost a ton.
The car does have high mileage and won't be worth a bunch even after a rebuild so dropping it might be your best option.
But payments suck too.
Goodluck.
If you have people that can help you out it might make sense to rebuild it. A shop will cost a ton.
The car does have high mileage and won't be worth a bunch even after a rebuild so dropping it might be your best option.
But payments suck too.
Goodluck.
#42
having just rebuilt an LSJ. even if yours was in pristine condition I wouldn't rebuild it. Assuming the engine is actually toast.
but you have some sentimental value to it so it would seem.
but you have some sentimental value to it so it would seem.
#43
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Ya any big project on these cars is a labor of love. Don't hold value anymore. But if you like the car it's worth it. I wouldn't have gotten rid of my lsj if I didn't get a good deal on a turbo sedan. Then the new owner blew it up and I was so sad about that. Built it myself from the ground up and put 120k on it in 4 years. It was my baby.
#46
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If the engine seized it wouldn't turn over or sound like it's starting.