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Old 01-05-2005, 11:05 PM   #1
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chevette died, won't come back to life

Two years ago, I let my friend borrow my chevette for a road trip, when he got back he said he changed the oil. I had parked the car and didn't drive it until winter. The car started fine, but I was only able to go about six feet, and it died, and hasn't started since. I later found out, that my friend had used SAE 30.

The chevette had done this before, not starting, and it was from not having enough oil in it. Something about a sensor switch.

Anyway, I was wondering if the reason it won't start is because of this switch. I have fuel and fire, but it just won't go. The same thing as before, except this time I have enough oil.

So, is there a bipass for the oil sensor switch? Or could it be because the oil pump went out from the cold SAE30???
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Old 01-09-2005, 01:04 AM   #2
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Re: chevette died, won't come back to life

The staright 30 weight oil wont hurt the engine at all . Did you check to see if it had jump time. This car has a timing belt in its engine. They ususly will strip a few cogs off the belt and stop the engine from running. This sounds like what happened if you started it and it died six feet later. Have it checked.
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Old 01-19-2005, 08:41 PM   #3
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hey thanks. my last chevette did this, and the problem wasn't the timing belt, but instead, a piston shattered.
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