90talontsi90
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- Feb 6, 2008
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Pacific,
Washington
Ok So I know this is a horrible newbie situation but oh well it happened now I have to fix it.
First thing- Car was running fine before all of this happens.
Go to start my car one cold morning and I hear some bad belt noise and then it stops and the battery light comes on I hope out and see that the alt belt snapped. I shut the car off and take the wifes car to work.
Since I live in an apartment and work during the daylight hours I have to wait untill the weekend to fix it. As the week goes on the temp drops down to the single digits. My antifreeze mix is closer to 75/25 then the 50/50 so I have some ice forming in the coolant lines and the thermostat housing. I take off the lower hose and loosen the other coolant lines so as it warms up any ice that had formed would melt out.
That weekend I put on a new alt belt and try to start the car and it cranks fine but I get no start, I check for spark and I get spark but no start. And it was cranking just fine.
Next weekend I go and try to start troubleshooting and then it wouldn't crank it just clicks.
So my thoughts are;
1. Dead coolant temp sensor, How do I test this?
2. MPI Relay?
3. Starter?
4. ECU
Now as I said the car was running fine right before this but last summer I was fighting a No start conditon that went away before I could solve the problem. So I'm not 100% sure that the partial freeze was at fault.
First thing- Car was running fine before all of this happens.
Go to start my car one cold morning and I hear some bad belt noise and then it stops and the battery light comes on I hope out and see that the alt belt snapped. I shut the car off and take the wifes car to work.
Since I live in an apartment and work during the daylight hours I have to wait untill the weekend to fix it. As the week goes on the temp drops down to the single digits. My antifreeze mix is closer to 75/25 then the 50/50 so I have some ice forming in the coolant lines and the thermostat housing. I take off the lower hose and loosen the other coolant lines so as it warms up any ice that had formed would melt out.
That weekend I put on a new alt belt and try to start the car and it cranks fine but I get no start, I check for spark and I get spark but no start. And it was cranking just fine.
Next weekend I go and try to start troubleshooting and then it wouldn't crank it just clicks.
So my thoughts are;
1. Dead coolant temp sensor, How do I test this?
2. MPI Relay?
3. Starter?
4. ECU
Now as I said the car was running fine right before this but last summer I was fighting a No start conditon that went away before I could solve the problem. So I'm not 100% sure that the partial freeze was at fault.
