Car stalled
I was happily driving home from work today, and after pump a full gas tank. When suddenly while arriving at a stop light the car seemed to stall, the lights on the dashboard come on and the car vibrated. I was pushing the clutch down but the car kept going so I used more pressure on the brakes and it finally died. After that I tried restarting but it wouldn't start. Last week my mechanic told me that the clutch was bad since the pedal vibrates. So my question is could a bad clutch prevente the car from starting? The engine does crank and if I place it on first gear it does tend to move. If its the clutch could it be something I can do? I have some experience, CV joints, brakes, etc.
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If it in neutral a failed clutch should not stop the car from starting...
unless the whole pressure plate has disintigrated and is casuing all softs of problems.
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Re: If it in neutral a failed clutch should not stop the car from starting...
the Car should still start.If the clutch packed in while still in gear ,if you start it the car should jump forward.
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Clean your ISV
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how to check?
Well the clutch pedal vibrates when the car was running. But I was driving to a full stop and I think I was in either 3rd or 2nd gear. The engine does crank but it doesn't run. I used neutral and nothing, while on 1st gear the car moves forward whith the key on starting position. How can I be sure its the clutch. There are no codes stored on the computer.
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It has a new one
and it run fine for a couple of days.
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starting...
well the car does jump forward, moves, but the engine does not run....
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Easy enough to check...
put the car in first, push in the clutch, and crank it. If it moves, it's the clutch. Actually, best guess is that it is the clutch slave cylinder (the Hydraulic unit that pushes the clutch plate back), needs bleeding or replacement.
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Knock it into neutral then and it will start. You will not be able to get it...
into gear with the engine running though, if the clutch has failed.
One further thought, it could be the slave or master cylinder for the clutch. These are less of a job and neither is too bad to change. |
neutral and 1st gear
it doesn't start on either.... I'm thinking that its something else. Maybe the clutch is ok. What else could be wrong??
I was driving the car then it acted up and stalled. Help! |
Easy enough to check... Results
I did what you told me and and when I put the car on first gear with the clutch engaged it does not move and it does not start cranking speed ok. Also in neutral the car wont start. I thinking its something else.
While driving the car stalled... don't know if thats a hint? Help please! |
I thought we were only dealing with the clutch problem...
to see if it was disengaging. As for not starting, well, all a car needs to run is spark, fuel, and compression. Compression will not have changed while sitting at a stop light, so rule that out. (although you could have broken a timing belt or crank shaft, but unlikely). Spark is easy enough to check, just pull a plug wire off, place it near the block and see if a spark jumps across the space (make it short). Fuel? Hell, I wouldn't even know how to check it, but somebody here will. sorry.
Best regards, Jim |
I think it nothing to do with the clutch - my guess is that it.....
is the cam position sensor.
This is in a small round housing on the back of the right hand cylinder head - looking at the engine from the front of the car. These seem to fail as they get to 8 to 10 years old. I managed to get one from a V8 and fit the circuit board into the housing off my engine but it is obviously easier if you can get the right one from a breakers yard. Someone was selling an entire V6 with auto box - do a search, this was only earlier this week. The symptoms of this failing are - the engine turns over with the starter but I don think you get a spark or the fuel pump running at all. |
Car stalled --- Problem found but- how to fix?
I found that the idler pulley was broken so the belt was loose. This keeps the car from starting I suppose. So I bought a new idler pulley and change it BUT beafore that my brother pulled the timing belt out.... So now I don't know how to place the timing belt back. I know the crankshaft needs to be at TDC and camshaft with the holes aligned. But what if one of the camshafts moved??
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I cannot remember what the marks are like, also, there are sometimes...
marks on the inside of the pulley as well as on the outside, in different places!
If you have to turn the cams, do it very gently and the same applies to the crank or you could bend valves, if there are none bent already? |
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