Motors beat...

[corey240]

ok i heard a loud ticking noise and the car shut off. the car wont starts and will not crank over... so what is wrong with it? it had no oil in it as i found out it had an oil explosion and it shut off the second i hit the blinkers to pull over. what exactly would be wrong with the car right now not having the oil for maybe a mile posibly more. am i gona have to tear the engine down and check and see if the cylinders and what not are ok? i put oil in it and it still wont do a thing. im not toalyconfused on this but im tryin to get some info on what might be exactly whats wrong with it. please no flaming or anything i realy need help on this cuzz im gona have to do all the work myself and with my friend and i wana see if anyone might know of somthing that will make the car crank over possibly or somthing befor the tear down.

[Nismo_Freak]

Either the valvetrain or the bottom end went, pull the valve cover and see if something looks out of place.

[karmakaze]

can you turn it by hand?

[corey240]

as in turn it by hand you mean get the crank pulley to turn?

Nismo freak: what would be outa place? i know what id be looking at but just making shore...im not dumb or anything im just trying to have things positive to look at befor knowing i gota rebuild

[karmakaze]

as in turn it by hand you mean get the crank pulley to turn?

Nismo freak: what would be outa place? i know what id be looking at but just making shore...im not dumb or anything im just trying to have things positive to look at befor knowing i gota rebuild

yes. turn it at least 2 full rotations.

there is any number of things that can be out of place. i can tell you now it sounds like either your top or bottom end will need to be rebuilt.

i am going to say its probably your bottom end seized.

[corey240]

so what does that mean? the pistons need replaced? cylinders bored?

[96EclipseGST]

it means, due to friction your cylinder heads welded themselves to the walls =x

[Nismo_Freak]

It means if the motor does not turn over by hand then you need to pull the motor, put it on an engine stand, and pull the oil pan.

[sr20-thoj]

same thing happen to my motor.. found out it was the rod bearings that blew on me.. sucks..

[corey240]

ok well thanks looks like theres a rebuild in my near future *cough* 2 weeks

[Deadrodent]

well you probably destroyed your crank bearings and seized the crank....i.e. a frozen engine... i've seen the same thing happen to a mr2....a friend rebuilt a mr2 motor for some dude - we told him to break the motor in for atleast 1000 miles and check the oil every 100 miles...instead he took the car to 2 autocrosses in the span of 3 days....the car probably had a total of 150 miles before the car spun a bearing and the motor seized...and why did this all happen? he didn't let the rings on his pistons set properly so he got a major case of blow-by, burned up all his oil, and then blew up his motor....