If the crank moves, it can't be seized. How is that possible?

Apr 16, 2014
10:17:14am

LiveCoug

It was sure cranking.

This article tells me that a seized engine, you would hear nothing but a clunk. Obviously I'm not a real car guy, but this makes sense.

http://www.ehow.com/info_7841952_signs-symptoms-seized-engine.html

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I have 20 year old Honda Civic with 220k miles on it. It died last night while

LiveCoug

4/16/14 9:53am

The cranking you hear could just be the the starter motor.

ToasterChive

4/16/14 9:55am

Not if you could just put that $1500 toward a down payment on a newer car.

srey

4/16/14 9:57am

I'm just comparing monthly payments on a new car to the repair cost.

ToasterChive

4/16/14 9:59am

So you would pay $100/mo to drive an old car that you're going to replace anyway

srey

4/16/14 10:02am

Usually car payments including incremental DMV Taxes and Fees are about $275

ToasterChive

4/16/14 10:04am

Good for you. I'd rather not drive a 20 year old commuter car.

srey

4/16/14 10:06am

*Caveat: That's just my preference, but paying a bare minimum for transportation

srey

4/16/14 10:09am

I think I read that people sit in their car on average for about 30 min/day.

ToasterChive

4/16/14 10:15am

I love old cars with soul. A 240z would be a blast to own and drive.

srey

4/16/14 10:25am

Yeah, if it's dead, then yeah, I drop this car.

LiveCoug

4/16/14 9:59am

If the crank moves, it can't be seized. How is that possible?

LiveCoug

4/16/14 10:17am

If it is trying to turn over (crank) then the engine is not seized

MapCoug

4/16/14 11:04am

A leakdown test would tell you if the rings are bad.

Dread Pirate Westley

4/16/14 5:25pm

Can I thumbs down someone's Laughy face?

RealComfortableJeans

4/16/14 9:56am

I just sold my 95 Civic a couple months ago 220k

Byu4life

4/16/14 9:57am

Does it have a cap and rotor, or ist it fuel injected? You could have bad rotor.

PhilPete

4/16/14 9:59am

it could be the timing chain. Happened to my SIL

deek1906

4/16/14 10:01am

Definite possiblity. Wise to change water pump while there.

PhilPete

4/16/14 10:03am

sounds very much like a timing belt - I agree

Choke

4/16/14 10:04am

Yeah, I feel like it is so close to turning over, but never does.

LiveCoug

4/16/14 10:07am

That sounds like timing belt my friend -

Choke

4/16/14 10:09am

2 mph. I was pulling up to a stop sign.

LiveCoug

4/16/14 10:12am

This is good! Hopefully no serious damage. I believe those Hondas

Choke

4/16/14 10:16am

Yes - Hondas are an interference engine, meaning the valves and piston occupy

Dread Pirate Westley

4/16/14 5:28pm

Thanks - corrected

Choke

4/17/14 11:18am

congrats. that is the only way to kill a Honda Civic from the 90's

Mayor of Cougartown

4/16/14 10:04am

Seriously. I've got a 96 with 140k miles.

IGlowInTheDark

4/16/14 10:10am

It will, I've got a 1995 with 350,000.

ToasterChive

4/16/14 10:21am

1992 with 160,000 miles. Now being driven by a teenager, which is the another

Dread Pirate Westley

4/16/14 5:29pm

My second car was a '92 Accord with 220k on it

canadiancougar624

4/16/14 5:30pm

Could be a bad fuel pump.

quikryptonite

4/16/14 10:06am

I would check the specs on the end line...for the....rotary girder...

cougfanblue

4/16/14 10:08am

That's my kind of car talk!

LiveCoug

4/16/14 10:12am

Oil may be a red herring

badodo

4/16/14 12:27pm

Same thing happened to me. Distributor cap needs to be replaced.

MHOP

4/16/14 2:03pm

I had a computer fail on mine. Dealership said $800, I got one on eBay for $25

Dread Pirate Westley

4/16/14 5:33pm

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