I was driving around yesterday when I stopped at a red light and the engine stalled, I tried to start it back up but it just wouldn’t and had to wait 5 minutes before it worked again but now theres a knocking sound and the car is undrivable at this point as it will stall as soon as I come to a stop, the knocking is really loud and it increases as I accelerate. Any idea what it might be? Thanks
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It’s probably too late for this advice now, but:
Check the oil level on the dipstick. Is it (very) low?
I think I see the red oil pressure warning light is on. Was that on while you were driving?
when the rpms dropped the oil light came on, but when I accelerated it turned off. oil level on the dipstick is fine
OK. That makes it *slightly* less likely it’s rod knock. (Because rod knock is often caused by low oil or low oil pressure.)
If it were my car, I wouldn’t scrap it (or replace the engine) quite yet. I would cross my fingers, remove the serpentine belt, (or even cut it off, because you have nothing to lose), and start the engine. If the knocking disappears, breathe a great deep sigh of relief, because it’s nothing internal to the engine, just a failed harmonic balancer or something. (But stop the engine after a minute or two, or it will overheat, without the serpentine belt turning the water pump.)
But don’t get your hopes up too much.
Ya, she’s toast. New engine time for sure.
can I ask how bad was your maintenance on this car? I don’t ever want this to happen to me. Did you do any oil changes? Long interval oil changes? any preventative maintenance work done?
can I ask how bad was your maintenance on this car? I don’t ever want this to happen to me. Did you do any oil changes? Long interval oil changes? any preventative maintenance work done?
I bought the car a week ago, the guy i bought it off recently changed the tires and did an oil change. I guess I got scammed