Think i blew it. Need help. In quakertown.

[->PrOjEcTGS<-]

You can buy a new compression tester for about 20 bucks.

Pull all your spark plugs and make sure nothing hit them. That will give you the first glance into what your problem is. If your plugs are trashed (impacted something) you have issues.

Then, pull your timing belt covers and check over your timing and balance shaft belts for completeness as well as any wear. Spin it around till all the timing marks are lined up.

If the plugs are still good and the timing belt marks line up properly. Then you probably have compression. If you have compression on all four cylinders then it should start unless you are having electrical problems.

I've thrown a rod in a 2.8L GM V6 on the highway and it started out as a tick. Then, gradually got louder and louder till it snapped and then one cylinder went dead.

 

[PieEyedPiper]

No one seems to be addressing the fact that your battery terminals were smoking.
I'd drain the oil and drop the pan as a very last resort, I don't see anything here that would even lead me to check the oil/pan.
Do you have a strut bar by any chance? And no, its not a silly question.

 

[badabing33a]

Nope. No strut bar. Got any ideas man?

 

[AWD-TSI]

you could have a bad cell in your battery. if the lead plate melts an fuses itself to the other plates in the battery, you could have a short. Not sure though. that could of been the pop and the smoke. not sure though

 

[badabing33a]

Yea it did the same thing as last time. Felt like i ran over something. But no loud noise (metal to metal). But yea my termials and stuff are getting coroded as well. Its gotta be electrical. Same thing happend as last time except it was durring the day so i seen the smoke. And my dipstick is bent. But maybe i pulled it out wrong or something since it was hot.

 

[lacroixdp]

Man didn't you just get this car running? Sorry to hear that bro but it's time like this that I am proud to be a AAA Gold member. They have towed my car everywhere. Every DSM owner should use it.

BIG +1! AAA Gold RV has been my saving grace ever since I started DSM ownership! Add a family member for $25 and you get double the tows!

 

[burkgonzo]

I would start with new terminals and work my way down the list

 

[burkgonzo]

How much is that AAA tow service?

 

[91talon27]

My awd did the exact same thing. It ended up being a capacitor in the ECU popped while I was driving the car. When it did it it felt as if I hit a brick wall and it lost all power then I heard a load pop.

 

[brownfinger]

It wouldn't hurt to check the ECU. I can't think of anything that could make battery terminals smoke, besides a dead short across them. When my ECU went, I guess I could say, it did something like what yours did. It just completely died like it hit a rev limiter, all the guages did things I've never seen before or since, and I coasted into a gas station. Then it actually started again, and ran like runny poo. The MFI relay was toast too. Some sort of mutual suicide pact. Doesn't cost anything to pull the cover off the ECU.

 

[badabing33a]

i pulled the valve cover back off. when i turn it over, the cams, cam pulleys, and timing belt dont spin.

 

[rush2252]

So it wont turn over just click and nothing? My guess is hydralock or the tranny locked up?

Pull the plugs like we talked about and post back up

Kolby

 

[rush2252]

It wouldn't hurt to check the ECU. I can't think of anything that could make battery terminals smoke, besides a dead short across them. When my ECU went, I guess I could say, it did something like what yours did. It just completely died like it hit a rev limiter, all the guages did things I've never seen before or since, and I coasted into a gas station. Then it actually started again, and ran like runny poo. The MFI relay was toast too. Some sort of mutual suicide pact. Doesn't cost anything to pull the cover off the ECU.

Okay didnt think of this until reading.. can you pull off the starter and bench test it?

I know this wouldnt explain the thing just dying unless you shorted something in the electrical and then when trying to turn it over you fried the starter as well...

Just throwing out ideas
Kolby

 

[badabing33a]

No it WILL turn and roll over, but the cams dont move.

 

[badabing33a]

Does that mean it is blown up?

 

[->PrOjEcTGS<-]

So your crank is turning but your cams are not?

You broke your timing belt. Time for a new head.

 

[badabing33a]

The timing belt is there and in tact though.

 

[tunethis]

The timing belt is there and in tact though.

If your crankshaft is turning but the timing belt is not, maybe the belt's teeth are stripped down at the crank? Does your crankshaft turn at all?

 

[rush2252]

+2 if the cams arent turning you bent valves or broke a belt. Id say +1 on the belt being broken lower in the timing cover where its not readily visible

Kolby

 

[badabing33a]

i cant tell.

 

[90_GSX_DSM]

No one seems to be addressing the fact that your battery terminals were smoking.
I'd drain the oil and drop the pan as a very last resort, I don't see anything here that would even lead me to check the oil/pan.
Do you have a strut bar by any chance? And no, its not a silly question.

Except for the fact that he said the dipstick was bent. They don't come bent OEM, something obviously hit it and bent it. Hopefully though it's just something with your head. Think it's time to pull the head and oil pan. Won't get anything out of a compression test with the cams not moving. Good luck man!

 

[SpawnedX]

$20.00 on there was no lifter tick and your rod cap bolt was slowly backing itself out. I would say your rod cap let go on one of your pistons. Can't tell anything unless you drop the pan.

 

[->PrOjEcTGS<-]

$20.00 on there was no lifter tick and your rod cap bolt was slowly backing itself out. I would say your rod cap let go on one of your pistons. Can't tell anything unless you drop the pan.

Cams would still turn if this was the case. And it would more than likely still start but run really rough (3 cylinders) and probably have a loud knock to it.

 

[badabing33a]

I took the timing belt case off. Timing belt is shredded. The top end is still in time but the bottom isnt. I did turn it over when i did some things that i thought could have been the problem. But yea the timing belt is fu*ked.

 

[brownfinger]

You gotta pull the head and see how bad it really is. That sucks.