Bonj87 Posted February 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 yeah.. im starting to think im screwed.. but maybe im just being paranoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RacerJJ Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 No need to worry until you hear something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 No need to worry until you hear something! Hakuna Matata! Time to live in the now Bonjie, whatever happened is already done and you're not going to help the car or you making yourself sick over it with worry. Pimp SS says, "that sh*t'll buff out.." Mr. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wody Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 is it a crank no start or no crank condition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonj87 Posted February 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 it cranks and no start. it did crank 'strangely'. didnt sound like a normal crank when i tried it, like a low power crank, if that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoke03 Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 maybe its a tstat problem or a water pump problem. GOOD LUCK!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wody Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 yeah that makes sense. but that could happen because of the amount of times you or someone else has been trying to turn it over. any white smoke out of the exhaust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonj87 Posted February 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 it was very dark and very cold.. couldnt see anything at that point, or at that place to tell you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuzman Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 This may be a dumb question since you're used to living in a cold weather climate, but how cold was it? My old truck overheated on me once when it was about -10 outside. Turned out I didn't have the correct ratio of antifreeze and my radiator froze solid. With no water circulation the truck overheated. The temp guage was all over the place. I let everything thaw out, flushed the radiator and that bad boy fired right back up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonj87 Posted February 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 it was about 2 degrees out. we've never touched the coolant in the car, in fact jiffy lube said the levels were fine on saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_forma Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 with the temp outside and the way your car was pegging each side of the temp gauge I would think you got some serious issues especially now that it isnt starting. Just because it has low miles doesnt mean to much, kinda crappy though. Sounds like either your t-stat was sticking on you or possible rad failure. Hopefully you didnt warp the blocl with those heat cycles like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonj87 Posted February 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 thats what i dont want to hear from the repair shop.. god help us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman31 Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 (edited) I hate to say it Mike, but I think your combustion chamber is filled with coolant, i.e. a bad head gasket. I bet if you hooked jumper cables up from the tow truck and cranked it, the car would eventually start due to the high output alternator on the wrecker. When the car starts the exhaust will stink like anti-freeze and the exhaust will be like a white steam/smoke. Look at the dipstick too, if you see Dexcool mixed with the motor oil then its the head gasket. Edited February 13, 2008 by Fireman31 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonj87 Posted February 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 callin all SSSers.. any Illinois SSSers, or anyone traveling thru in the next day who thinks they can help repair wifey's car... if the shop cant fix it, ill have it towed home, but i lack all ability to do the repairs myself.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonj87 Posted February 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 i got this from a jbody forum..... "Sounds like an electrical issue - not a mechanical one. She would have seen steam with the car off if it had overheated. It also can't cool and heat THAT fast, so I wouldn't worry about the motor being cooked. The gage would never go down to MIN after it's been running hot - maybe down to normal, but not likely any lower. I believe that the BCM feeds the cluster with its info, and the BCM gets its info for that from the PCM. I would guess that maybe the PCM was spitting out info intermittently, and then shut down entirely. I don't think that this is a common failure any more, but at least there should be enough used units around to get things going without too much expense. It will probably cost more to get it properly programmed than to find another module. Hopefully these are pretty smart guys you have taken it to. Problems like this can get time consuming very easily if you're not 100% familiar with how all of the parts interact. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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