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My 8 shutdown without warning last night. Here's a brief run down. Left my house, drove for about 5 to 10 minutes and the engine just shutdown , no warning of any kind. I manged to coast it down the block and around a corner, it's manual, and pulled over. I tried to restart it to no avail. Popped the hood and I found the negative post and ground cables to be extremely hot, alternator also. There is full power to all systems, so it's not a battery issue. When I do try to turn it over it sounds like the starter is engaging but not spinning. Plugged in my scan tool and no codes showing. Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.
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It's been sitting all night and I tried again. It's a no go. Same sound like the starter is engaging but not turning over. I have power to all systems it seems. I don't believe I had an overheating event. Coolant level is good. I keep an eye on the gauges regularly. The car was running normally and just shutdown. I'm not sure about the Cat but I did drive around a couple of weeks ago with live data running on my scan tool and temperatures seemed normal at that time. I'll have to pull the cat pipe and check and the starter too.
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It was using oil, I believe at the normal rate. I had just added a quarter litre.
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The car will roll in gear with clutch in. I did loosen off all belts when I tried to rotate the engine with my breaker bar and socket. I haven't pulled the starter as of yet.
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Bummer,
I tried everything I could think of before engine. But, if rolls in gear with clutch in, that clears the transmission and clutch assembly back. If you loosened the belts, that clears the accessories.
Last thing is if the starter did something incredibly stupid and engaged, and stayed engaged. That would turn it into a generator that would kind of wreak havoc with the 12 volts, MAYBE hosing the battery and alternator. Or, Alternator went nuts and took the starter with it. I really hope you find a completely destroyed starter jammed against the flywheel.
Good luck.
I tried everything I could think of before engine. But, if rolls in gear with clutch in, that clears the transmission and clutch assembly back. If you loosened the belts, that clears the accessories.
Last thing is if the starter did something incredibly stupid and engaged, and stayed engaged. That would turn it into a generator that would kind of wreak havoc with the 12 volts, MAYBE hosing the battery and alternator. Or, Alternator went nuts and took the starter with it. I really hope you find a completely destroyed starter jammed against the flywheel.
Good luck.
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The only time I experienced something like this was with our Evo and it was a seized alternator pulley, otherwise tho, without the belt on everything else was able to spin. Here's to hoping its a jammed starter. Let us know what you find.
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Damn, Im sorry to hear that
Did you hear anything when it shut off? Ie; metal clanking or any type of noise that may lean towards some type of internal failure that would have caused something to become lodged and seize it up?
Did you hear anything when it shut off? Ie; metal clanking or any type of noise that may lean towards some type of internal failure that would have caused something to become lodged and seize it up?
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You did all the checks I would do - sorry to hear about your loss
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