My car is dead, well, kinda. |
My car is dead, well, kinda. |
May 9, 2004 - 12:25 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '02 From Alabama Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
Well, I had my timing belt and water pump changed two days ago. Well, the pump they used died on the way home, so I took it back. the next day they went through like... two or three pumps and finally went and got a toyota pump. OK, they put that on and it worked. OK, take it home and everything's good. Driving to work today and hear this CRAZY loud sound under the hood. I turn it off, jump out, and pop the hood. I see no problem but one of the belts is sorta loose. crank it back up and it's still going crazy, so I take off to try to get to a good place to stop. after I get over about 20mph, it quits making the sound, so I'm like, ok, back roads going fast.. so I make it to work and I figure it's just a loose belt. I go to leave work and I got no power steering and the battery light is on. SO, I park it and call my dad to come and get me.
flaiming people that do stupid things to engines. I'm afraid one of my pumps is locked up and it burnt up the belt... I'm not happy. |
May 9, 2004 - 12:27 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 16, '03 From Bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
where u better off with your original pump?
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May 9, 2004 - 12:35 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 9, '03 From Dayton, OH Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
you better take your car back to the shop...sounds like they have no idea on what they are doing.
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May 9, 2004 - 12:38 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 31, '02 From Philadelphia, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
this is why i never take my car to a mechanic. i would rather mess something up myself then put faith in a dumb mechanic.
-------------------- 15PSI - 30MPG - Megasquirt Tuned
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May 9, 2004 - 12:46 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 22, '02 From Detroit Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
If I can't do something myself, I take it to the dealer. I never take my car to a regular mechanic. |
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May 9, 2004 - 3:29 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 2, '02 From Gainesville, GA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
either way, just find a bunch of good friends, a good manual, and some time off!
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May 10, 2004 - 7:01 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 13, '02 From Blairstown, New Jersey Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
I just got my timing belt/water pump/seals and gaskets replaced by a local mechanic and i had no problems at all. Their mechanics are all awesome at what they do, they brought me in the garage and were showing me everything they were taking care of and we talked about Celicas for a while....he really knew his stuff, so it made me feel better spending all that money for labor.
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May 10, 2004 - 9:24 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Hecho en la Republica Dominicana/Living in NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yea its good when you have a shop like that.. and to all the guys and girls that DON"T do thier own work and take it to a shop.. little inside help.. Don't trust a shop is they don't let you go into the shop to see what they are doing.. -------------------- |
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May 10, 2004 - 5:13 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 18, '03 From Dirty Jersey Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
the exact same thing happened on my friends prelude when we were down in charlotte 2 weekends back. on his the harmonic balancer disinagrated causing the crank pully to come loose and the belts slip off. my guess is they didn't up the crank pully back on right. his engine is very similar to ours. i did my own timing belt replacement and everything.
good luck. |
May 10, 2004 - 5:19 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From bellingham, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
dealer mechanics are just as dumb..... i do my own work, but used to have the dealer diagnose a problem if i couldn't find it.... not only were they wrong, but they refused to look at it again after i had fixed what they said was wrong (and had the good old parts in my hands)
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May 10, 2004 - 8:36 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '02 From Alabama Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
well, they came and picked the car up, took it to the shop,fixed it (needed a new belt) and gave it back to me free of charge. now it runs great.... well, as great as it ever did.
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