Aug 21, 2003 - 5:59 PM
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so last nite i'm droppin my friend off at her house, just about to leave. my car has the parking brake up and is not in gear. feet off of the pedals. all of a sudden it stalls and i hear massive grinding. i turn it off and try to start it, again massive grinding. i get my flashlight and shine it under the car and pink fluid is just streaming out from behind the oil pan. so i think pink fluid then i think transmission fluid, am i right or just sadly mistaken? so i get it towed today to an AAMCO cuz i thought it was the transmission. it gets towed, the guy looks at it, and seemingly the trans is fine and there is no compression in the engine. has this happened to anyone else? is it the timing belt? i have never heard of a timing belt snapping and causing a huge ass leak though. well at least it happened in my friends driveway. am i gonna have to pay out of my ass to fix this? or possibly is this just a blessing in disguise to get a 3sgte? cuz that would definitely brighten up the situation. anyway, if anyone knows what the hell just happened to my car, please enlighten me.
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Aug 25, 2003 - 12:22 PM
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I thought I read that on our cars, if the timing belt breaks while you're driving, the pistons can hit the valves, which would pretty much ruin the engine.
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Pvc99gT AHHHH... Aug 21, 2003 - 5:59 PM
Pvc99gT NO ONE has had this happen? well, the car is at an... Aug 22, 2003 - 3:38 PM
97GTinKC Pink fluid? could it be Anti-freeze, best case, a ... Aug 23, 2003 - 12:49 PM
BlackSTX If it's not transmission fluid then I would ag... Aug 25, 2003 - 9:52 AM
Pvc99gT well... i should know in a few hours what the prob... Aug 25, 2003 - 4:16 PM
95celigt If the timing belt brakes it wont hurt our engines... Aug 25, 2003 - 5:52 PM
Pvc99gT yea i just got the car back. its ok now, and i hop... Aug 26, 2003 - 10:08 PM![]() ![]() |
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