KayTeeGST
Proven Member
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- Feb 25, 2015
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San Diego,
California
So about a month ago my bf took my car to work, he said it drove great on the way there and ran smooth, when he stopped at a gas station he turned off car obviously, an when he went to start it up again it started heard a clunk noise, and then it die. He said he looked under the hood and the crank pulley came off there was 2 bolts holing it in and they sheared off before i could put other bolts in, what had happen was the alternator bracket formed its self in a oval hole some how and i think it kicked up and put to much pressure on the pulley which broke bolt heads off.
I only had this car 3 months, before i bought it i did a compression test and was 170 psi across, but after this happened i did another compression test to make sure its worth fixing it and 1 cylinder i got 160 psi and the other 3 were between 125-120 psi, i was able to get someone to sleeve the alternator bracket hole and poxy around were the sleeve and filled the hole made it nice an strong [ obviously not factory strong ]. I am gonna replace the crank sprocket like i said the bolt heads sheared off, thats the easiest option since i lost my job before this happened. Am on a budget.
So whats my actual question is should i do a head gasket ? or has anyone had a similar issue i mean it didnt internally damage anything or i would of gotten no compression i am not sure this is my first eclipse and dealing with an interference motor please help. Sorry about this being like an essay.
I only had this car 3 months, before i bought it i did a compression test and was 170 psi across, but after this happened i did another compression test to make sure its worth fixing it and 1 cylinder i got 160 psi and the other 3 were between 125-120 psi, i was able to get someone to sleeve the alternator bracket hole and poxy around were the sleeve and filled the hole made it nice an strong [ obviously not factory strong ]. I am gonna replace the crank sprocket like i said the bolt heads sheared off, thats the easiest option since i lost my job before this happened. Am on a budget.
So whats my actual question is should i do a head gasket ? or has anyone had a similar issue i mean it didnt internally damage anything or i would of gotten no compression i am not sure this is my first eclipse and dealing with an interference motor please help. Sorry about this being like an essay.