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08-06-2013
Just left work. Went to accelerate out of parking lot onto road, but instead car lost power and now sounds like a weed whacker. It wasn't empty of oil; it was about half full.
Coil pack? Spark plugs? Blown engine? Any help is appreciated as I sit here in my car posting on my terrible phone waiting for my father to make the hour drive to pick me up, hah.
08-06-2013
What car do you drive?
Kinda hard to help with the limited infomation.
So it runs but can't move with chugging?? Check engine light on??
Originally Posted by The Sunfire Guy
08-06-2013
Yeah, almost exactly like that. Picture the ****tiest sounding car ever.
It's a 2004 3.8L. Not to sound like a dick but posting on the Pontiac Grand Prix forums in the 3800 non-supercharged subsection made posting the make of my car a little redundant in my head. My bad, hah.
So am I burning her boys, or can she be saved?
08-06-2013
if its rapping like that vid that was posted, you need a tow truck too, then another engine.
08-06-2013
Year, mileage, and any and all mods and know issues really helps narrow down the troubleshooting. Remember all we got is words on a screen to go off of.
08-06-2013
If it sounds like that video, you motor is blown up.
Time to find another engine and swap it in.
Maybe the lack of oil like you said in your first post did it, because you said it was only half full, so that wouldnt even read on the dipstick if that was true.
08-06-2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WYE...e_gdata_player
Seems like the engine is ****ed as that other guy said. Ah well. She was a good girl. The oil wasn't low, so MY MIND BE BLOWN.
08-06-2013
Yeah I check the oil in my car and my wife's every weekend unless there's a leak or any other reason to check it sooner. But yeah it reads even now about half full.
08-06-2013
So you mean between the 2 dots on the dipstick, that only means its around .3 to .5 quarts low, not like half low on the actually oil level. The car holds 4.5 quarts.
08-06-2013
its a paper weight now. time to start looking for that replacement engine.
08-06-2013
You mean half way up the dipstick? Cuz like cam said half full you wouldnt even see it on the dipstick.
l26's are cheep, I paid $399 for mine.
Originally Posted by The Sunfire Guy
08-06-2013
Yeah, half full on the dipstick between full and low or whatever. I scanned it and it's saying my "second cylinder" isn't firing. Would that code display if the engine was actually boned? Or could it just be a spark plug?
08-06-2013
Perhaps.
Would prolly be best to have a shop look at it and be sure on the exact issue. It may or may not need a motor, depends on if the bottem end in knocking away or if its just a super bad misfire causing the problems.
08-06-2013
Motor seems to be idling to smooth to be a misfire to me... but could be video quality or whatever... I'm betting a rod or main bearing.
08-06-2013
pull # 2 plug out, see if its smashed. its the back far left side one.
08-06-2013
That isn't a video that he uploaded. Unless he has a time machine and went back in time.
Sent from my mobile office.
Originally Posted by The Sunfire Guy
08-06-2013
[QUOTE=Scottydoggs;1101507]pull # 2 plug out, see if its smashed. its the back far left side one.[/
#2 is far right(passenger side) plug on the firewall side of the engine. Left if you are looking at it from the front of the car.
08-06-2013
how is the pass side the far right? you always look at it like you were at the bumper looking at it.
for further reference:
08-07-2013
Right and left of a car are from the same point of view as you would say for yourself. Passengerside is right, driverside is left. As if the car's headlights were it's eyes and the bumper it's mouth.
If you lookup parts and it says front left...that's driverside front.
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