GhostToast
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- Jan 3, 2003
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Charleston_IL
hello all
i have been having electrical charging system problems lately and decided to take out my newly rebuilt alternator myself to have it tested. it worked fine...put it back in (was a real pain) however the last time that we ran the car with the alternator still on (before removal) the engine shut itself off.
i attributed this to the battery probably being low...however it did seem like a particularly noisey self-termination...with a somewhat painful sounding almost fan-clunking noise.
upon turning the car over when the alternator was back in, i could not. it started making a horrible clicking/whirring noise (in the starter?) when the key was partyway round, and in full engage mode it was trying to turn over but would not. it also was making a sort of knocking noise rhythmically, probably about 2 beats per second.
i gave it a rest. tried some more later. i decided to check the oil. was dangerously low... added a ton. still no go.
i am very very afraid i funked my engine up from no oil (stupid thing's gauge does not work properly...)
someone said it could be my timing belt though...or possibly my ECU was fried...the first time we tried to start it it produced a bit of smoke which leaked out of the air intake...
please tell me if there is anything i can do. even if i could just run the car once for 200 miles one last time...i have my old (good) engine and tranny waiting for this car from my old wrecked car (my poor baby got struck by a bad driver)
i have been having electrical charging system problems lately and decided to take out my newly rebuilt alternator myself to have it tested. it worked fine...put it back in (was a real pain) however the last time that we ran the car with the alternator still on (before removal) the engine shut itself off.
i attributed this to the battery probably being low...however it did seem like a particularly noisey self-termination...with a somewhat painful sounding almost fan-clunking noise.
upon turning the car over when the alternator was back in, i could not. it started making a horrible clicking/whirring noise (in the starter?) when the key was partyway round, and in full engage mode it was trying to turn over but would not. it also was making a sort of knocking noise rhythmically, probably about 2 beats per second.
i gave it a rest. tried some more later. i decided to check the oil. was dangerously low... added a ton. still no go.
i am very very afraid i funked my engine up from no oil (stupid thing's gauge does not work properly...)
someone said it could be my timing belt though...or possibly my ECU was fried...the first time we tried to start it it produced a bit of smoke which leaked out of the air intake...
please tell me if there is anything i can do. even if i could just run the car once for 200 miles one last time...i have my old (good) engine and tranny waiting for this car from my old wrecked car (my poor baby got struck by a bad driver)