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Need a little help.....MX3 broke down
Posted: December 12th, 2005, 2:46 am
by Knives
I was on my way home from work. She was running great, purring like a kitten. Wasn't stomping on it, just cruisin 55mph. Starts losing power, check engine light came on and I coasted to a stop, didn't make no noise when it happened, started smoking from under the hood up by the firewall, won't restart. Did oil change 3 days prior, and all other fluids are ok. It was dark, so I could not tell exactly where the smoke was coming from.
This is my first project car. I am pretty inexperienced at this and am learning as I go. Those are all great suggestions and I will post the answers soon. I'm workin all the time so I can't find time to work on it. Thanks for your help.on
Valves are moving
117,000 miles on motor
1.6
Timing belt snapped. Thanx for all of your help, folks. Appreciate it.
Posted: December 12th, 2005, 8:20 am
by nos92mx3
um wow, hmm can you get the engine to start again?
TIming belt skip a tooth then snap?
Posted: December 12th, 2005, 10:24 am
by Thunderstorm
Insufficient data to form an educated guess on why ur car stopped running. Please clarify....
Where did the smoke appear from? Under the hood or the exhaust?
What is the state of your Engine Oil & Coolant?
Have you checked to make sure you haven't got a blown head gasket?
Checked ALL your fuses? - (Is there a master fuse for the ECU?)
Are all your HT cables in place & connected properly? (Plugs et al)
What lights came on, on the DASH when the power failure occured?
Anybody else wanna help with suggestions? I need to get back to work...
Thunderstorm
Posted: December 12th, 2005, 7:35 pm
by bluemx3
I agree with thunderstorm, you have to give more specifics about what happened and the location of the smoke. You said something about the fluids. Are they all up to the proper levels?. Try to see if the valves are moving, if their not, the belt is broke. How many miles were on this car? Good luck and let us know.
Posted: December 13th, 2005, 8:06 pm
by hgallegos915
what engine again?
Posted: December 15th, 2005, 1:58 pm
by Princess*Precidia
same thing happened to me bout 6 months ago...but i was on the highway goin bout 120...
and the timing belt did snap..clean and clear...
Posted: December 15th, 2005, 2:07 pm
by Custommx3
Moved to 4cl tech
Posted: December 17th, 2005, 12:38 am
by s_vares
Check why The CEL came on.
You can put a jumper wire between TEN and GROUND in the small box near the battery and then turn the key to ON can after the light turns off for the first time, count the long then short flashes of the CHeck engine light. This should give you the reason why the car died.
Dean