My car is in a coma

[Pegasus_Red]

Pretty much. The car showed 0 oil pressure the night of the meet. Checked the oil and screen/filter and no shards. Went to check the oil pump and found the gears spin freely (oil pump is directly driven via the cam which is driven directly from the crank which means if it ingested oil, then my crank may be bent). The car will run, just not for long until it dies permanently. Its as if your heart stopped beating and you continued to live if you will, except the bearings in the car heat up and cause friction and lock up. Cars taking a road trip behind the Yota tomorrow back to the ham. There it will be examined more and see if anything can be done to save the engine.
:( ^100

[insert_car]

that sucks man. sorry to hear it. is this the karmann or the mercedes?

[Pegasus_Red]

Karmann :flame:

will know more this weekend.

[ms662412]

Sorry to hear that man...

BTW - I was the crazy guy waving at you at the corner of Magnolia and Donahue

[gangsta coupe]

I would think you sheared a pin off on the oil pump shaft, broke a cam gear or something, as a cast crank would break before it would bend...

[BlueBoostedTibby]

yours isnt the only one in a coma =(

[jsta240]

I know it is a british car but my moms husband is the president of theB'ham Brit. Car Club if you ever need help with anything im sure he knows where and who/how to do what needs to be done

[ActiveAero]

Welcome to my world.

< King of the coma car domain.

[Drew]

Welcome to my world.

< King of the coma car domain.

HAHA! Sam's warehouse used to look like the place where RX7's and Volvo's go to die. There would seemingly be a new "corpse" every week.

[m52power]

Mine was in a coma as my cooling system blew up- luckily it did not blow my headgasket-and now shes back and running and I should get it back on monday I think.

[VDUBNDizzy]

Yeah, I doubt you bent the crank. All these unreliable cars in here. Now I remember why I don't hang out with you guys. :dance: I keed I keed. Broken parts on your non daily means time for better parts. :D

[Obike]

yours isnt the only one in a coma =(
What happened to your car?

[BlueBoostedTibby]

crank position sensor died. apparently a common problem with tiburons. went through hell to figure out that bunk ass sensor died. car is sitting out in front of the stealership till monday when i can go up there and bitch until i get a new one

[adam p]

New aSpeed rule: If your car dies, first thing you should check is the crank angle sensor.

[Pegasus_Red]

my car doesnt have a crank angle sensor... the crank just turns :mono:

[AUbimmer]

Mine was in a coma as my cooling system blew up- luckily it did not blow my headgasket-and now shes back and running and I should get it back on monday I think.

Did your car not have the upgraded water pump with the metal impeller?

[m52power]

hey nope it didnt have the metal one- I was going to upgrade it when I did the turbo but I guess it died before I could replace it.

[VR4Rob]

New aSpeed rule: If your car dies, first thing you should check is the crank angle sensor.
Roger :D