[Shotimes] well the plunge of repair starts today...

[James White]

Half way up on the temp gauge is nothing!

It's got to get way past the "normal" marking to mean anything at all.

Likely no damage will occur until it is at the top.

So, the running warmer than normal didn't do much.

Likely the crank sensor went to lunch.

Many on the list have replaced this several times, and it isn't all 
that hard.  Best replace the waterpump and timing belt while your 
at it.

regards, Jim White - '95mtx - 199k  -- '93mtx - 285k


At Thursday, 16 March 2006, "Joe Masters" <miethos@gmail.com> wrote:

>Howdy, not sure if anybody remembers but awhile back my car got low on
>coolant while i was on the interstate.. so i was watching the temp 
gauge
>slowly rise.. it wasnt in a dangerious level.. about halfway to 
the top.  I
>figured I was fine since its been up there before and no problems.
Ok so i
>was crusing at 70.. the car just loses power.. like i had my foot 
on the
>pedal so the engine is running but its slowly just decreasing speed 
and not
>putting out horsepower.  Kindof like it was only running cause I 
had it in
>gear and it was rolling.  So as soon as I take my foot off the gas 
it dies
>immediately and i coast to a stop.  The car wasnt "steaming" or 
anything
>like it was super overheated.  The red oil light came on and she 
wouldnt
>crank for anything.  I had it towed home.. and I went out of town for
>awhile.  Now im back and I have alot of time to tear it apart.  
Well today I
>took the Hood off, pulled the intake manifold off and im about to 
pull the
>head covers and take a look inside.  I DID already check the spark 
plugs and
>they looked perfect.  No wierd fluids or oil in the wells.  FYI 
i did change
>my plugs and plug wires about 1k miles ago along with the head gasket 
seals
>on front and back(plug seals also).  Has new dynomax exhaust and 
new brakes,
>the double size radiator.  Everything else is stock.  Ok so I dont 
want to
>just get rid of the car cause i love it.  This SHO is my baby and 
I want to
>do whatever I can to fix it.  I dont mind dropping a good chunk 
of cash into
>her but frankly... I dont know what to replace/fix!  The car wont 
crank but
>acts like it wants to.  I dont think its a fuel pump/filter problem 
cause
>its getting gas into the intake but she wont fire up and start. 
It sounds
>very sluggish like its really tight inside the pistons.  Maybe i warped
>something.. or maybe the temp thing was just a concincidence and 
something
>ELSE is wrong.
>
>Anyways... i'm going outside to take the head covers off and Im 
just curious
>what should I look for ?  I'm guessing any wierd colored liquids 
or chunks
>of oil built up from the heat..  Any suggestions on stuff I can
>check/replace that might of caused this ?  I am dreading having 
it towed to
>a shop just cause of the Money factor.  Plus I want to do all the work
>myself cause thats basically my hobby.
>
>Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
>
>~Joe Masters
>93' MTX 103k
>Black/Grey
>Baton Rouge, LA
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