At a loss here.

[Guest]

I just dont see how it would be possible for the starter to cause it to die like that all of a sudden though.

See the thing is that I was driving along listening to some Mariah Carey when I started noticing that I had to press the gas further and further to keep it at 60. I turned the music off and heard something like a slapping noise. Luckily there was a wayside right there and I pulled in and the car shut off. Oh well that was getting to be the norm.

I start the car up again and it is happening again (the noise). I revved it and there was a loud "choonk" sound then it died. I tried starting it but it just wouldn't budge.

Car does not turn over at all.

[darkelvis]

before pulling anything else apart, check what was mentioned. Also can you turn the crank pulley?

[DaveH]

Drain the oil and see if chunks of metal come out.

[24valvenotak]

if you cant turn the crank pully, drop the oil pan and let all the pieces fall into a nice garbage can. then proceed with the following:

Common cures for DSMitis include but are not limited to:
Baseball bat, junkyard, selling it to a 15 year old ricer, can of gas and a match, hitting a tree at 65 m.p.h., driving into a large body of water.

[97lt1]

I agree, try turning the engine over by hand and if you can't take off the oil pan and inspect.

[PSI2HI]

Sounds like it locked up.

[Guest]

DaveH wrote:
Drain the oil and see if chunks of metal come out.
Nothing not a single chunk.

No glitteriness like my friend's 95 Talon was.

[Stormwalker]

darkelvis wrote:
Before you go any farther taking the engine apart, have you tested the starting system, or are you just pulling shit apart without checking it first? Personally I feel that your car may have problems related to the following.

I'm going to go with it caught DSMosis (pronounced D-S-M-o-sis). Literally "an abnormal condition of the DSM."

DSMosis is commonly found in cars produced by Diamond Star Motors.

Symptoms include but are not limited to:

Random oil burning, funny noises, running like a champ right before breaking down, breaking down at the worst times, having your check engine light turn on then off randomly when nothing is wrong.

Common cures for DSMitis include but are not limited to:
Baseball bat, junkyard, selling it to a 15 year old ricer, can of gas and a match, hitting a tree at 65 m.p.h., driving into a large body of water.

oh well, free bump to get this guy some help.

LOL I like that response.

Some to add:

Having the transmission make some horrible clunking noises on launch, only to be written off as "normal"

Having the oil dipstick shoot off during a launch

A perpetual black oily mark on the rear bumper, that will never completely come off

Having the car want to speed up unusually fast in front of a police squad car, yet it will seem to not want to accelerate at all 10 minutes later when it is lined up against something

[Guest]

Looks like already that Nick will have a client in for a full motor swap this winter.:P

[PSiedTSi]

i got your motor...

[Guest]

PSiedTSi wrote:
i got your motor...
What do you mean?

[PSiedTSi]

Bad93ex wrote:
What do you mean?

i got one if you need it

[Guest]

PSiedTSi wrote:
i got one if you need it
Will You have it say after tax season?

PM me with the details please.

[krzydrftr93]

darkelvis wrote:
having your check engine light turn on then off randomly when nothing is wrong
My car does this. And when i take it to get it looked it the light will stop doing it. DSM SHIT makes me mad

[Sweet-WRX-Lovin]

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[TsiTom]

i would drain the oil and take off the pan and take all of the metal out of it because you most liely broke a rod thus the slapping.

[Big-D]

yea i bet you have chunks of metal in the pan.