Car broke down, any advice?
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Thanks for all the replies. My friend is a engineer and an ex-mechanic and he said he was 95% sure it's a head gasket. It's a 2003 Civic with a perfect track record, a southern car. Maintained excellently. The smoke was greyish. My brother was using my car because his is power steering is out. Worst case it's a $1200 job, car is worth $4000, so I'll fix it. He knows a mechanic that might work with me in terms of payments, so we'll see.
What's the difference if the block has a crack and if it's a head gasket?
Which means I'm selling all my music equipment. Anyone in the market for drums, bass, Pro Tools M-Box Pro, nice mic? I'll never sell my 73' Guild unless I am about to be homeless, lol. Which might be soon. Steve you might like the Pro-Tools M-Box?
I also got some nice furniture. Cherry dresser set, an oak table with 6 chairs and a leaf.
I guess it can only get better from here?
My brother inlaw lives in Copley and may be interested in some of your music equipment. I'll give him a call this evening.
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What up people.
My brother was driving my car going to Columbus. The temperature spiked and started blowing smoke out the back. He parked the car and it would not restart. Any ideas from the mechanically inclined. Radiator?
It's getting towed now.
What up people.
My brother was driving my car going to Columbus. The temperature spiked and started blowing smoke out the back. He parked the car and it would not restart. Any ideas from the mechanically inclined. Radiator?
It's getting towed now.
Here is a little known fact: they actually have experts available that could probably answer your questions in this regard. They are called "Mechanics". Some of them are probably even called Mike.
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I was was on a drive across Ohio, when I stopped and got gas
at a truck stop/gas station - I was tired. Another car had stopped with me, - it was the car I had been talking to
with a couple of gals driving my way, so I got to meet them.
About a mile down the road from there, my Pinto stationwagon started backfiring,
bucking like a wild horse, and would only go about 5 mi an hour.
I was on my cb talking with them,
When I mentioned to them I had car trouble, and I'd maybe catch them later,
they mentioned they'd stop and driving me back to the truck stop, and that I could get my diesel engine worked on there.
I said "diesel???"
So, I had put diesel engine in my 2.0 Pinto engine. Well, a guy from the truck stop came out with a couple of gal gas cans, and we drained it out.
And the gals bought me 5 gals of gas, regular, and I was good to go, tipped the guy a ten, but he wouldn't take it,
and paid the gals back. They even followed me back to the gas station where I filled it up and we all stated on our trips again...
So, we were off once again, But they kept laughing about it for a good while, and thought they'd never run out of jokes.
dammit.
So, K, you could have had a blown head gasket, but maybe also a clogged, dirty old PVC vavle, depending on the age of your car...
and maybe a thermostat finally corroded and went bad on you.
and T,
I don't know, if you have injectors, that could be bad? ?But I would think after repeated tries, it would clean itself up and run fine.
I was was on a drive across Ohio, when I stopped and got gas
at a truck stop/gas station - I was tired. Another car had stopped with me, - it was the car I had been talking to
with a couple of gals driving my way, so I got to meet them.
About a mile down the road from there, my Pinto stationwagon started backfiring,
bucking like a wild horse, and would only go about 5 mi an hour.
I was on my cb talking with them,
When I mentioned to them I had car trouble, and I'd maybe catch them later,
they mentioned they'd stop and driving me back to the truck stop, and that I could get my diesel engine worked on there.
I said "diesel???"
So, I had put diesel engine in my 2.0 Pinto engine. Well, a guy from the truck stop came out with a couple of gal gas cans, and we drained it out.
And the gals bought me 5 gals of gas, regular, and I was good to go, tipped the guy a ten, but he wouldn't take it,
and paid the gals back. They even followed me back to the gas station where I filled it up and we all stated on our trips again...
So, we were off once again, But they kept laughing about it for a good while, and thought they'd never run out of jokes.
dammit.
So, K, you could have had a blown head gasket, but maybe also a clogged, dirty old PVC vavle, depending on the age of your car...
and maybe a thermostat finally corroded and went bad on you.
and T,
I don't know, if you have injectors, that could be bad? ?But I would think after repeated tries, it would clean itself up and run fine.
Uhm, gotta ask this question. Did you and the two gals then end up in a menage a trois? I mean, that would be the perfect ending to your story, wouldn't it?
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It's the head gasket for sure. They are not sure if the block was cracked, but my brother didn't hear a ping when it went just smoke, so all in all decent news.
p.s. Finally got a f*cking job and no car. Start Monday. It'll work out. One thing good in Cleveland is family and friends.
Luck is Tim Couch. Big, Dumb Goofy, slow thinking QB - Ghoolie, 2-28-12 -
No, we never managed any kind of trois @@ GGG, but they were great road friends to have.
They did keep teasing me after we were down the road, about having snuck across the road and taken a picture of me
while I was changing clothes from my AF dress blues (left straight from the base) to civies.
I wondered the whole trip if they were just kidding. They did have a camera with them - they took a picture of the truck stop LOL.
We'll never know.
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No, we never managed any kind of trois @@ GGG, but they were great road friends to have.
They did keep teasing me after we were down the road, about having snuck across the road and taken a picture of me
while I was changing clothes from my AF dress blues (left straight from the base) to civies.
I wondered the whole trip if they were just kidding. They did have a camera with them - they took a picture of the truck stop LOL.
We'll never know.
No, we never managed any kind of trois @@ GGG, but they were great road friends to have.
They did keep teasing me after we were down the road, about having snuck across the road and taken a picture of me
while I was changing clothes from my AF dress blues (left straight from the base) to civies.
I wondered the whole trip if they were just kidding. They did have a camera with them - they took a picture of the truck stop LOL.
We'll never know.
Dude...you F**KED UP. You coulda had em both right on the freeking hood of the car. A lost opportunity for sure. oy!
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It's the head gasket for sure. They are not sure if the block was cracked, but my brother didn't hear a ping when it went just smoke, so all in all decent news.
p.s. Finally got a f*cking job and no car. Start Monday. It'll work out. One thing good in Cleveland is family and friends.
It's the head gasket for sure. They are not sure if the block was cracked, but my brother didn't hear a ping when it went just smoke, so all in all decent news.
p.s. Finally got a f*cking job and no car. Start Monday. It'll work out. One thing good in Cleveland is family and friends.
How did it work out? The new job
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It's the head gasket for sure. They are not sure if the block was cracked, but my brother didn't hear a ping when it went just smoke, so all in all decent news.
p.s. Finally got a f*cking job and no car. Start Monday. It'll work out. One thing good in Cleveland is family and friends.
How did it work out? The new job
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Congrats, K !
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Dont feel bad about the pay, my nephew who worked as a pressman for me is being forced by NCUI to take any job at any pay or he will loose his unemployment benefits. and they are picking the companies he has to apply for.
Sounds like old Russia, you will work here. Nevermind he only needs 2 more classes to get into PT school, and that is what he is working on.
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This is the last week of my UI benefits check since the extension was not passed, and dosen't look like it will pass. Luckily I have some savings I can use until I can find something decent. Otherwise, I might have to look for anything that pays (grocery cart parking lot getter)!
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This is the last week of my UI benefits check since the extension was not passed, and dosen't look like it will pass. Luckily I have some savings I can use until I can find something decent. Otherwise, I might have to look for anything that pays (grocery cart parking lot getter)!
This is the last week of my UI benefits check since the extension was not passed, and dosen't look like it will pass. Luckily I have some savings I can use until I can find something decent. Otherwise, I might have to look for anything that pays (grocery cart parking lot getter)!
You need to go pick up Kosar for prez and spend it hard! have a good time with it.
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