I've read through most of what came up in the search and I might of missed my answer but as my title says my car died. I started it today and it didn't sound the same. It sounded like "cammed muscle car" I gave it some light rev's but it kept doing it and I just said maybe it's still warming up. I usually wait for the cars idle to drop because that gives me the impression that it is warm and ready to go.
About 3 minutes after starting it it just died and I noticed white smoke and a burnt smell as if I'd just smoked the tires or something. I tried to restart it and it turns over, shakes really hard but never fires up. A friend will come check it out tomarrow for me but I just wanted to see what some of you might think it was.

 

any visible leaks?

check the plugs?

 

white smoke = coolant.


check your head gasket possibly.

 

part of my wiring harness got hacked up because i don't have a fan shroud

 

to tell you the truth, with it missing that much stuff it shouldnt be on the road. get a fan shroud and air cleaner assembly. then fix the wiring harness or have someone qualified do it. please disconnect the battery before attempting this.

 

oh yeah...how many times has it overheated?

 

oh sorry i took the cold air intake off this morning because i needed to get to the thermostat housing.

there was one time that there was a lot of coolent in the overflow tank

 

Things that recently took place:

1. I needed to change my radiator because the top half of it broke and there was nothing for the hose to clamp onto

2. after replacing the radiator i took the car out for a spin and when i got back i heard a gurgling noise that turned out to be a lot of fluid in the overflow tank

3. i didn't think too much about it because i drove the car pretty hard and the needle in the dashboard did not show that the car was hotter than normal

4. i went to get a radiator flush because there is a lot of nasty sludge in my overflow tank so that means that crap is also running through my motor

5. i couldn't get it flushed because they said i needed a new thermostat because it wouldn't open

6. the car still wasn't showing signs of overheating yet

7. i started it up one day and it sounded like a "cammed musclecar"

8. it died, there was white smoke and the smell of something really burnt

9. when i took off the cold air intake to get to the thermostat housing i also noticed that part of my wiring harness was all cut up

 

the car is now running again. aside from part of my wiring harness being screwed i also had a blown fuse. a friend and i reconnected the wires and i replaced the fuse and the car started again finally. it was still idling really rough my friend adjusted the idle air screw and now the car sounds fine again.

 

Hopefully this is the last time I have to bring this post up. The car starts up and idles fine while sitting. I took it around the neighborhood and noted the following problems.

1. The rear calipers seem to be sticking. I can hear them rubbing the rotors as if I'm riding around with the E brake up.
2. The car has no air at all now. It never blew AC since I first got the car but now it doesn't even blow heat.
3. When I put the car in neutral to coast to a stop sign or light the car dies.

The brakes were bled the last time I drove the car so the calipers shouldn't be sticking. The heat worked before but doesn't anymore. Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks