Engine Problem =S

Achaikos · 08-05-2008, 01:08 AM

so i wrote a long story before but this is just for the new problem since i'm unaware if there related so i was booking it on a highway and the engine shut off after it had time to cool it started and was fine then near my work it died and i parked it came back 6 hrs later and it wouldn't start it would crank and then a thudding noise from the engine any guesses what the problem could be before i open her up?

listdadt · 09-15-2008, 03:51 PM

I would start with putting a compression tester on it. Check each of your cylinders to see if the compression is within spec. If it isn't, than you probably have internal engine damage. Could be something as simple as a blown head gasket allowing your compression to escape into the cooling sysetem or crankcase, could be piston rings or a connecting rod. The thud doesn't sound like a backfire into the intake does it? You could have jumped timing.

08-05-2008, 01:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
Achaikos No Skills Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 32 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Engine Problem =S so i wrote a long story before but this is just for the new problem since i'm unaware if there related so i was booking it on a highway and the engine shut off after it had time to cool it started and was fine then near my work it died and i parked it came back 6 hrs later and it wouldn't start it would crank and then a thudding noise from the engine any guesses what the problem could be before i open her up?

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09-15-2008, 03:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
listdadt Parts Guy! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: merrimack, nh Posts: 44 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	I would start with putting a compression tester on it. Check each of your cylinders to see if the compression is within spec. If it isn't, than you probably have internal engine damage. Could be something as simple as a blown head gasket allowing your compression to escape into the cooling sysetem or crankcase, could be piston rings or a connecting rod. The thud doesn't sound like a backfire into the intake does it? You could have jumped timing.