Hi all
had a nightmare of a weekend :nooo:
my car was booked in for a full service and to have a coolant leak sorted and once again having another split on a dansk flexi joint sorted last friday
i was already expecting it to be an expensive weekend however....
the day prior i did about 400 miles in it but as i went to start it that morning there was a screeching sort of sound after it fired up!
which in my mind was possibly the starter motor giving up the ghost (has had a few slow cranks when hot over the last couple of weeks)
anyway on the return leg of my jouney after fueling up i went to start it and it went to turn over but felt like the whole engine was going to turn over with it
second attempt it fired but same again it felt a really heavy turn over which worried me
i got out listened to it and it was ticking over just fine and got me home with no fault at all
the following morning i go to start it and all i got was a single click
quickly got my jump leads out and still just a single click
not wanting to miss my slot at the garage i then tried to bump start it
on attempting this on letting out the clutch it locked its wheels
so thinking it was just me not building up enough speed i got my dad round and we used his car to tow it
and the same happend
i tried rocking it backwards and forwards in gear and the engine is seized solid
i did try hitting the starter motor a few times
and after that the click did sound more convincing that it was going to turn
i then got it towed to Zentrum in Nottingham obviously expected the diagnosis to be the worst
i was late for my slot so they are stripping bits off it today/tuesday to see what is wrong
but they have already told me they they removed the sump and thats clean with no trace of metal but they can see the flywheel is trashed (this is only a couple of years old lightweight flywheel)
so my question is could a stuck starter motor do that damage?
i'm aware i've not helped matters trying to bump start it if so
and secondly if this is likely what has seized the engine
what are the chances that 2 attempts to bump start it and it locking the wheels has trashed the crankshaft/ anything else whilst doing so?
sorry for the long post i'm obviously pretty gutted that a rebuild may be needed :sad:
had a nightmare of a weekend :nooo:
my car was booked in for a full service and to have a coolant leak sorted and once again having another split on a dansk flexi joint sorted last friday
i was already expecting it to be an expensive weekend however....
the day prior i did about 400 miles in it but as i went to start it that morning there was a screeching sort of sound after it fired up!
which in my mind was possibly the starter motor giving up the ghost (has had a few slow cranks when hot over the last couple of weeks)
anyway on the return leg of my jouney after fueling up i went to start it and it went to turn over but felt like the whole engine was going to turn over with it
second attempt it fired but same again it felt a really heavy turn over which worried me
i got out listened to it and it was ticking over just fine and got me home with no fault at all
the following morning i go to start it and all i got was a single click
quickly got my jump leads out and still just a single click
not wanting to miss my slot at the garage i then tried to bump start it
on attempting this on letting out the clutch it locked its wheels
so thinking it was just me not building up enough speed i got my dad round and we used his car to tow it
and the same happend
i tried rocking it backwards and forwards in gear and the engine is seized solid
i did try hitting the starter motor a few times
and after that the click did sound more convincing that it was going to turn
i then got it towed to Zentrum in Nottingham obviously expected the diagnosis to be the worst
i was late for my slot so they are stripping bits off it today/tuesday to see what is wrong
but they have already told me they they removed the sump and thats clean with no trace of metal but they can see the flywheel is trashed (this is only a couple of years old lightweight flywheel)
so my question is could a stuck starter motor do that damage?
i'm aware i've not helped matters trying to bump start it if so
and secondly if this is likely what has seized the engine
what are the chances that 2 attempts to bump start it and it locking the wheels has trashed the crankshaft/ anything else whilst doing so?
sorry for the long post i'm obviously pretty gutted that a rebuild may be needed :sad: