My one week old Celica broke down, Could use some help to diagnose the problem Options

[ake126]

Hey,
I'm new to this forum and joined a couple days ago. Bad way to start it off but anyway. I just got this '95 Celica GT Hatchback and while I was driving back tonight, there was a loud boom near the passenger side of the engine. I pulled over and to my surprise, its leaking, it just kept pouring out. The leak was coming from near the middle of the car, maybe transmission fluid? Now I can't move the car, the clutch and transmission feel like their working, but the car won't move. The engine starts and idles but if you push it there's this horrible sound as if something is grinding. I pushed into a Midas nearby and left it there until the morning. So any ideas as to what went wrong or what Midas will tell me need repaired? I just want to know what happened to my baby!

[GriffGirl]

The axle doesn't connect to the engine, it connects to the transmission. So as far as further damage it could've done, it' smore likely that it could have damaged the transmission than the motor itself.

I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking or wondering this, but if you've got actual motor oil leaking, and it's not transmission oil, my concern is that you snapped a rod and it went right through the block. I think that would be the worst case scenario. The bad news in that, is that it would mean your engine is completely toast. The good news in that is that there's no way in hell it'll cost you anywhere even REMOTELY near $3200 to fix! Furthermore, your engine isn't too hard to come by, if you had to replace it, sourcing it wouldn't be a problem. They only run a few hundred bucks, maybe $500 if it's relatively low miles. You can expect to pay a shop roughly the same in labor.