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broke down on the way to work today, yippee
Posted by christopher k. [Email] (more from christopher k.) on Tue, 5 Jun 2001 08:14:14
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the story:
i'm sure most of the people here know a bit more than i do about these cars..
i was driving to work today, smelled a burning type smell, kind of like gasoline, kind of like burning rubber. not that unusual in my car, i thought. the only difference today is that the smell was -a lot- worse. lots stronger than usual.
about 60 seconds after the smell started i heard a solitary "clunk" from somewhere in the engine bay. the battery light and the unmarked indicator next to it lit up. "super," i thought as i pulled over to the shoulder in the rain.
looked around, didnt notice anything unusual, didnt smell anything unusal either. "okay, well, i'm not too far from home, i'm sure i can make it back."
on the return trip i noticed the temperature gauge all the way up. past the red. "crap." i murmured to myself as i shifted to neutral & shut off the engine to coast home.
background information:
the car's only leak is a very minor oil leak. a few drops a day at most. hoses are fine as far as i can tell, and it normally runs smooth. the only time the car has been driven out of my control was yesterday when i took it for emissions testing (passed with flying colors, by the way) and when i let my dad take the car around the block last night.
a few questions:
1: anyone have an idea where that clunk came from?
2: why would the temp have gotten so high? possibly related to that clunk?
3: the cooling fans work just fine.
4: after i got home i looked around in the engine bay again for something unusual and heard a knocking sound coming from somewhere near the front of the car just to the right (passenger side) of the vehicle. i dont recall ever hearing this before..
thanks for any help
Posts in this Thread:
- broke down on the way to work today, yippee, christopher k., Tue, 5 Jun 2001 08:14:14 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: broke down on the way to work today, yippee, broken blet, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:21:11
- thanks everyone, christopher k., Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:00:55
- How are your fluid levels?, Mr. Science, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 08:45:07
- alternator/water pump belt(s) broke., JohnB, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 08:40:20
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