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~DaNgErOuS~ · #1 01-19-2002, 09:56 PM

Can anyone answer my questions on my car????

S Brake · #2 01-19-2002, 10:05 PM

I know that i'm not miss cleo, so i can't read your mind or anything like that. you might want to try telling us what the questions are

jinushaun · #3 01-19-2002, 10:07 PM

Shouldn't you ask this in the Mitsubishi forum?

89ssgti · #4 01-19-2002, 10:08 PM

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Originally posted by ~DaNgErOuS~
Can anyone answer my questions on my car????

what's the ?

~DaNgErOuS~ · #5 01-19-2002, 10:27 PM

Well. . . I purchased it last August. There was nothing wrong with the car. .. I checked it and everything. . even pin number. Then after about a month my engine blew. The mechanics said it was the belt. That everything in the engine ran off one belt.
Is this true in this model of the car?
So I got a new engine. .. pretty expensive. It blew for a second time.
This time they said there was a problem witht the transmission or something. So they fixed that, but when test driving it, the engine died again!!
So. . . I need to know what the deal is??

taranaki · #6 01-19-2002, 10:32 PM

Plese don't flame the new guy, we are sorting him out..

~DaNgErOuS~ · #7 01-19-2002, 10:33 PM

Who is the new guy?

89ssgti · #8 01-19-2002, 10:35 PM

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Originally posted by ~DaNgErOuS~
Who is the new guy?

pretty sure it's you

~DaNgErOuS~ · #9 01-19-2002, 10:38 PM

For your information. . . I'm a girl. .. that's why I'm asking questions about my car. . . cause I know nothing about cars in the first place. .. so take it easy on me guys. .. . gosh!!

taranaki · #10 01-19-2002, 10:42 PM

sorry,we all make misstakes with assumptions..suggest you cruise down to the introductions forum when you have a spare moment and post some details.There's some neat folk at AF,we will all help out where we can.!:flash: :flash: :flash:

~DaNgErOuS~ · #11 01-19-2002, 10:47 PM

Where is the introduction forum or whatever.. . I'm completely lost on this forum. . .

Heep · #12 01-19-2002, 10:47 PM

Your engine does indeed run off of one belt, the timing belt. This belt connects the crankshaft (driven by the pistons) and the camshaft (which operates the valves). When this breaks, the valves cannot open, and the engine will not run. Also, with some cars, when it breaks, the piston will strike the valve, and then you either need a new engine or a rebuild. Timing belts commonly break between 100,000 and 150,000 miles, no matter how well the car is maintained.

About the second time the engine is not working, I'm afraid I can't help without seeing the car myself.

89ssgti · #13 01-19-2002, 10:48 PM

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Originally posted by ~DaNgErOuS~
For your information. . . I'm a girl. .. that's why I'm asking questions about my car. . . cause I know nothing about cars in the first place. .. so take it easy on me guys. .. . gosh!!

sorry about that,didn't mean to be rude.

S Brake · #14 01-19-2002, 10:50 PM

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Originally posted by Heep
Your engine does indeed run off of one belt, the timing belt. This belt connects the crankshaft (driven by the pistons) and the camshaft (which operates the valves). When this breaks, the valves cannot open, and the engine will not run. Also, with some cars, when it breaks, the piston will strike the valve, and then you either need a new engine or a rebuild. Timing belts commonly break between 100,000 and 150,000 miles, no matter how well the car is maintained.

About the second time the engine is not working, I'm afraid I can't help without seeing the car myself.

*sings the theme to Bill Nye the science guy*

taranaki · #15 01-19-2002, 10:54 PM

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Originally posted by ~DaNgErOuS~
Where is the introduction forum or whatever.. . I'm completely lost on this forum. . .

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/f794/

click on this link.The main index is at the top of the page, blue link,"automotive forums.com"

I've said it before,this site needs a user-friendly index!!

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