[DeTomaso] AAAAAAARGH!!!!!

[Mike Thomas]

Chris, I hate to say this, but with the sender at the top of the pressure
tank, and low fluid (so no reading), you could have overheated your engine
and not known about it.  More than one of us on the list advised you to put
the sender back to the front of the block where it should be.  I hope you
have not seized your engine by overheating it, but that's worst case.
Mike
 

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Christopher Kimball
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 1:05 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] AAAAAAARGH!!!!!

Yesterday I drove my car home from the shop after new rotors were installed
on the front.  This was really the first time I drove it any length after
the motor rebuild and all the other stuff that has been done to it since I
bought it.

Although it seemed to run great and sounded awesome,I noticed some coolant
overflowed into a parking lot on a stop on my way home, so this morning I
checked the bottle with the pressure release cap and it was only half full
(that's the bottle with the temp sending unit on it).  I jacked the car up a
few inches in the back and refilled the bottle with 50/50 coolant.

Here's the bad part:  I then tried to start the car and...NOTHING!!!  The
gauges all light up and work, the battery is strong, but after just
installing a new starter, new solenoid, alternator, etc. the car is DEAD!!!

No engine turnover or movement at all, no loud, audible noises when I turn
the key (although I think the ammeter moves negative when I do that)--just
an eerie silence.

I guess I'll have AAA tow it into the shop tomorrow unless anyone can give
me any simple tests to try so I can determine what the problem is.  What a
bummer!

Thanks,

Chris


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