wont run

[quakerboy]

I have a 1990 Chevy lumina Sedan. The problem goes as follows: we drove the car and it quit. Thought, hey, might be outta gas. Put gas in it, started right up. Thought, stupid me. Approx. 3 miles down the road, it quit again, and was smokin real bad and stunk too. Had it roll backed to my house and looked underneath it. Oil from one end to the other. Changed the oil filter and put new oil in it to see where it could be leaking. Started the car, it ran for about 5 min. and it wont start again. Never saw any oil leaking and the car sounded fine.

Possible problems? I am not to fluent with all this electronic stuff.

!990 chevy lumina sedan. 3.4 liter auto. w/ a/c.

Thank you.

[SlamminMOfo]

My opinion would be the head gasket went and anti-freeze got into the oil causing the major smoke and stench... any other opinions?

[quakerboy]

Ok. But wouldnt there be water/antifreeze in the oil? And the car should probably run real rough wouldnt it? If this is true, the car runs fine for the 5 minutes it runs. And the oil that drained out of it didnt have any alien fluids in it. i.e.-water, or antifreeze.

[cadgear]

Got a point with the gasket. One of them went, sounds like, but don't think the head. Maybe lower intake? Something that's letting the car burn oil. Check your plugs for oily residue, but I agree its a gasket problem.

[quakerboy]

ok, but why wont it run for any longer than 5 minutes. This would really help in determining which seal went bad.

[SlamminMOfo]

Just curious... have you checked your coolent level at all since this happened??

[quakerboy]

yes, radiator is full. I do have one small question. Yesterday when it was running the fan never came on. But the radiator wasnt that hot either. should that fan be on at a idle?

[SlamminMOfo]

Do you have an oil pressure gauge?? how does it read???

[quakerboy]

No, this model only has those little things I like to call "idiot lights". The only guages so to speak are the speedo, and the fuel guage.

[SlamminMOfo]

Just for the hell of it, disconnect the battery for a few minutes and restart.... see what happens when the computer readjusts.

[quakerboy]

Ok. I will try that.

[quakerboy]

Alright, now the car wont even start. It just rolls over and over and over again. Doesnt even sound like it is trying to start.

[SlamminMOfo]

Wow... thats messed up...

[quakerboy]

whattya think?

[SlamminMOfo]

Well, At this point, I'd listen to see if the fuel pump was working...