so i was on my way to work this morning & i'm thinkin my beater blew a head gasket..

as i sat at a red light after getting off the highway & it was running rough & then i started to be sourrounded by smoke & not able to see much!! i shut it off & figured when the light turned green i'd fire it up & pull it over somewhere.. well the light turned green & it refused to start.. i flaged down a cop to block traffic while i pushed it off the road.. kinda sucked.. lots of smoke & now car won't start..

i'm just hoping that the engine isn't seized now.. idk what else would cause it to not want to crank when i turn the key now.. i guess i'll have to take a look at it when i get outa work here...

 

Does it try to start? Turn at least?

Are you low on coolant now? Coolant in the exhaust pipe?

 

ehh.. i turn the key to the crank position & it does not turn the starter..

all fluids are fine..

exaust pipe is a lil short but it's dry

.... starter not turning .. like something is holding it back or somethin..

headlights work so it's not a battery issue..

refering to previous statment "I HATE CARS"

 

sounds like it might be seized

 

thats what i was figuring.. just can't figure out why

 

man hope you fix it its a pity because as you say...

 

That's his other car. h:

Can you manually turn the crank with a 17mm socket and ratchet/breaker bar on the crank pulley?

 

was it an electrical burnout??

 

what kind of beater is it? go with what wcs said and try to turn it on the crank pulley.

 

it's an 86 teg / 5spd

we'll find out of i can turn the crank manually some time tonight after i get outa work.. i'm just trying to figure out why it died.. i'm guessing blown head gasket.. but another weird thing is that after i got it out of the way of traffic.. i pulled the plug on cyl4 & there was oil all over the wire!!! i was just like "well thats a nice one!"

haha i'm glad i didn't spend much money on this car.. but at the same time.. i really need soemthin to drive at least till i get my civic back on the road :/