Dead 3vze
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Dead 3vze
Well, it seems to never end.....
I was out wheeling the 4runner today, started noticing a decrease in power. Turned around to come back, couldn't take it out of first without losing some major power.
Suddenly the truck died.... I tried to restart, it restarted, but then died shortly after...
After a few starts I realized that if I HELD the key into start, I could keep the engine running. So I drove out a few miles with the key held into start. Finally it stopped for good. I probably fried the starter.
While diagnosing the starter issue I checked the oil to make sure it wasn't yet another headgasket.
No oil registered. 2 days before it was full....
I had the car towed home, it's in the garage, I haven't checked for a seize.....
any ideas where to start???
I was out wheeling the 4runner today, started noticing a decrease in power. Turned around to come back, couldn't take it out of first without losing some major power.
Suddenly the truck died.... I tried to restart, it restarted, but then died shortly after...
After a few starts I realized that if I HELD the key into start, I could keep the engine running. So I drove out a few miles with the key held into start. Finally it stopped for good. I probably fried the starter.
While diagnosing the starter issue I checked the oil to make sure it wasn't yet another headgasket.
No oil registered. 2 days before it was full....
I had the car towed home, it's in the garage, I haven't checked for a seize.....
any ideas where to start???
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Well, the distributor would help explain the gradual loss of power, and eventual result of the engine dying. But not necessarily the loss of oil, although we won't know untill he checks everything out.
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Ok, I had a chance to slap a breaker bar on there and turn the engine by hand. Engine is not seized. I need to add some oil and slap a new starter on there to see what happens.
What could cause this thing to burn 3 quarts of oil in 4 days??
I checked for oil leaks, I have a feeling the rear main is leaking slightly. I've got some oil on my bellhousing. But other than that, I don't see any leaks.
Does anyone have any ideas here? I'm probably going to start digging into the engine here in the next week or so. I just got back from vacation
What could cause this thing to burn 3 quarts of oil in 4 days??
I checked for oil leaks, I have a feeling the rear main is leaking slightly. I've got some oil on my bellhousing. But other than that, I don't see any leaks.
Does anyone have any ideas here? I'm probably going to start digging into the engine here in the next week or so. I just got back from vacation
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