GXE problems
Well of course anything a woman drives gets tore up. Anyways, my wife was on her way home from work the other night, about a 30 min drive and she gives me a call saying the power steering went out. I tried to get her to check the belt but being the pita that she is she gave up on it. Knowing that it was going to overheat probably I told her to keep an eye on the guage. She swears up and down that the thing never got hot.
Got a chance to look at it today, Both belts were off of the motor. The idler pulley was extremely loose, so I'm assuming the alternator belt was thrown and tied up into the power steering belt. With that said I was hoping that it just died because the battery wasn't charging before it overheated. I put the belts back on it and fired it up. It ran just fine until I turned the key off and tried to start it again. The battery died very quickly and wouldn't start. I tried to jump it and it still wouldn't start. I pulled the plugs, it's definitely getting fuel haven't tested spark yet. I decided to check compression and came up with left to right facing the motor, 130-155-135-145. The fsm says minimum of 171. The motor has 193,000 on it. What worries me is that the car has been sitting for about 3 wks and if the HG is blown then that coolant has probably been sitting in the combustion chamber for that long. Just want to know what you all think I should do with this thing. Anything else I should look at?
Got a chance to look at it today, Both belts were off of the motor. The idler pulley was extremely loose, so I'm assuming the alternator belt was thrown and tied up into the power steering belt. With that said I was hoping that it just died because the battery wasn't charging before it overheated. I put the belts back on it and fired it up. It ran just fine until I turned the key off and tried to start it again. The battery died very quickly and wouldn't start. I tried to jump it and it still wouldn't start. I pulled the plugs, it's definitely getting fuel haven't tested spark yet. I decided to check compression and came up with left to right facing the motor, 130-155-135-145. The fsm says minimum of 171. The motor has 193,000 on it. What worries me is that the car has been sitting for about 3 wks and if the HG is blown then that coolant has probably been sitting in the combustion chamber for that long. Just want to know what you all think I should do with this thing. Anything else I should look at?