nathg
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Hey, just wondering if anyone has ever had a similar problem to this.
On Saturday night i was in a dead end street doing a 3 point turn (i got lost lol) and as i went to reverse up the slight hill to turn around, i gave it a bit, the tyres screeched slightly and then the engine cut out and i lost steering and brakes etc. I put it into park and then started it again, drove away and it was fine.
This hasn't happened for some time. A few months ago it would happen whenever reversing up a slight incline. The car would stall, I'd apply the handbrak and put it in park, then start the car and it would be fine. After 2 or 3 times of putting up with this, I took the car to mechanic and he diagnosed that the problem was my injectors. He found out that one of the seals had deterriorated, so he replaced all of the seals and cleaned them all. The car had been running fine since then.
Now, what gets me even more worried is that I just went to put the car in the garrage and it didnt start properly, it kind of gurgled, as if no fuel. It has 3/4's of a tank of fuel and when i started it again it was fine. I got it into the garage and popped the bonnet and noticed there is no coolant in the overflow bottle thingy. could this be the problem.
I hope its no biggy, I have schoolies coming up soon and am having enough trouble saving for that
On Saturday night i was in a dead end street doing a 3 point turn (i got lost lol) and as i went to reverse up the slight hill to turn around, i gave it a bit, the tyres screeched slightly and then the engine cut out and i lost steering and brakes etc. I put it into park and then started it again, drove away and it was fine.
This hasn't happened for some time. A few months ago it would happen whenever reversing up a slight incline. The car would stall, I'd apply the handbrak and put it in park, then start the car and it would be fine. After 2 or 3 times of putting up with this, I took the car to mechanic and he diagnosed that the problem was my injectors. He found out that one of the seals had deterriorated, so he replaced all of the seals and cleaned them all. The car had been running fine since then.
Now, what gets me even more worried is that I just went to put the car in the garrage and it didnt start properly, it kind of gurgled, as if no fuel. It has 3/4's of a tank of fuel and when i started it again it was fine. I got it into the garage and popped the bonnet and noticed there is no coolant in the overflow bottle thingy. could this be the problem.
I hope its no biggy, I have schoolies coming up soon and am having enough trouble saving for that