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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 01:49 PM
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car died on highway today

so i was driving the car full boost in 4th car didnt make a noise or anything but the RPM's dropped to 0 so i pulled the car over the car does not start but it does crank. my coolant overflow hose pushed coolant all over the passenger side of the engine bay and there is oil in my coolant but no coolant in my oil. if this was a head gasket wich i thought at first it would be then wouldnt there also be coolant in my oil? what the hell could this be
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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 05:13 PM
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no one? i guess ill just let everyone know what it was when i redo the entire car spring time
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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 05:18 PM
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Any noises? Knocking, shaking when trying to crank or smells like heavy gas when trying to start it? I'd try to break it down to fuel, mechanical or electrical. There could be the possibility of a major leak. But with little info it's very hard to diagnose. Keep updated op!
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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 05:20 PM
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fuel pump died

pull the seat and crank and see if you can hear anything.

Ive had 3 deaths lol
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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 05:22 PM
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More than likely it is a blown headgasket an its barely starting to mix, check the plugs and do a leakdown test.
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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by adriano_917
more than likely it is a blown headgasket an its barely starting to mix, check the plugs and do a leakdown test.
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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by sktng22
if this was a head gasket wich i thought at first it would be then wouldnt there also be coolant in my oil?
Not necessarily. I've had a headgasket failure with no coolant in the oil (verified by analysis from Blackstone).
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Old Dec 9, 2013 | 05:32 AM
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Possible sugur in the gas tank?
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Old Dec 9, 2013 | 08:09 AM
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Possible sugur in the gas tank?
Lol yeah. You **** someone off? Like an ex who thinks you loved the car more than her?
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Old Dec 9, 2013 | 09:38 AM
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Double post?
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Old Dec 9, 2013 | 10:54 AM
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For oil in coolant, means high pressure oil into low pressure coolant.

IF you have the water cooled oil cooler, check the sandwich plate, if over torqued, then it can crush the internal fins and cause the oil into water mix.

With the engine hitting cut off while in a pull, I would check the timing belt to see if it had snapped.

With coolant all over the place, you may have lifted the head and pushed compression into the water jacket.

Or the FIAV seal blew, allowing boost pressure to feed back into the over flow.

(A bud was doing a BLT, and noticed bubbles in the overflow bottle, Bad FIAV seal)
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Old Dec 9, 2013 | 01:29 PM
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timing i'd check also, but that shouldn't throw coolant unless there's a hole somewhere

timing is easy, pull the cover off. if you're really lazy, pull the oil cap and shine a flashlight on the cam. have a friend crank the car and see if the cam spins
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Old Dec 9, 2013 | 06:02 PM
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yeah the timing is fine i dont have a cover on it nothings wrong there. i have over 10k of parts just sitting here ready to go on anyway so ill eventually find out what was wrong when spring time comes. to cold out to do anything now. there will probly be a build thread if im not lazy
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Old Dec 9, 2013 | 06:22 PM
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sounds like head gasket going
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