So I got my car basicly finished and decided to drive it wit open headers bout 15 miles to a safer place so it can sit till I got da money to put duels on.....about 80% of the way ther I felt/heard a pop and it sounded like somthing was flung to passinger side on frame rail under pass door....then got a call from my tail that was following me that I was spraying clear stuff all over her windsheild and it wasn't coming off wit wipers so I countinued on cuz I thought it was power steering fluid a few more miles exited highway and car died there used tow chain to tow it 1 min down da road....now won't turn over starter jus grinds....it wasnt knocking or anything so I don't think its a rod but I'm not sure somone told me it is a freeze plug is this what it sounds like...will have more info in morning when I can look at it.... my fan wasn't working eather so for those 15 miles I don't think I was cooling give me your input.....I hope its not seized up..
help....think i blew a freeze plug
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Ok so im assumming that you overheated your car,
Did you loose all or a significant amount off your coolant?
Did your temp guage read past the red or the idiot light come on?
did you continue driving it after all that?
If you said yes to all of those questions, then you are ****ed!
you can try turning your motor over by hand, if it is stuck remove your plugs spray some WD-40 and try it again, Also if you "blew a freeze plug" you'll know as soon as you put water in the block, if its leaking it may need to get pressurized before it leaks
Did you loose all or a significant amount off your coolant?
Did your temp guage read past the red or the idiot light come on?
did you continue driving it after all that?
If you said yes to all of those questions, then you are ****ed!
you can try turning your motor over by hand, if it is stuck remove your plugs spray some WD-40 and try it again, Also if you "blew a freeze plug" you'll know as soon as you put water in the block, if its leaking it may need to get pressurized before it leaks
With open headers I don't know how you felt/heard a pop and something hitting the frame rail on the passenger side and to continue driving after the fluid you were dumping ended up on the car behind you wasn't the best thing to do...the price of a tow is alot cheaper than an engine rebuild
Ok got up this morning and looked at my car......I was mistaken freeze plugs don't have oil behind them I lost no coolent jus oil...I blew the plug I put in the oil sending unit....so since I only drove for bout 1-2 miles while leaking from dender I think the engines ok....right.....jus gota install oil pressure gauge where dat plug was....that plugs what I heard hit the frame....fill her up wit oil and hopfully she turns over.......give me more...more input
Oh and I didn't want to stop cuz neither me or my tail have licences and we were so close...the power wire to my fan had come loose that's why I think it poped that plug out got to hot....no knocking or white smoke though...
**** man, if your starter is GRINDING, and this just started. You might have ripped those bearings up good and seized it up. Don't make assumptions though, try turning it over tomorrow after you fill it fresh up with oil, it nothing do what Monte olrac said, pull the spark plugs and soak the cylinders in WD-40. And this probably isn't necessary but I'd pop both valve covers before you fill the engine with oil, and soak the valve train in oil, i say BEFORE you fill the engine, so you don't over fill it.
Pull the distributor out and prime the oil pump with a power drill and a flat head bit to lubricate the entire engine before attempting to crank it over again.
After all that if it's still seized up, you could try a breaker bar and the right size socket, hook up to the front crank pully and just rock it back and forth till it breaks free, re lubricate and see it it'll fire up. this option is a last resort, because if you have to FORCE it free, there is probably SOME damage, might still be alright for awhile though, if you can get it free'd up.
Good luck
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Pull the distributor out and prime the oil pump with a power drill and a flat head bit to lubricate the entire engine before attempting to crank it over again.
After all that if it's still seized up, you could try a breaker bar and the right size socket, hook up to the front crank pully and just rock it back and forth till it breaks free, re lubricate and see it it'll fire up. this option is a last resort, because if you have to FORCE it free, there is probably SOME damage, might still be alright for awhile though, if you can get it free'd up.
Good luck
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CamaroAdam73 said:
you need to have the distributor housing installed or the valve train won't be lubricated by that method.....we use an old distributor with the shaft cleared off at the top so we can put it into a drill
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