engine locked up again!!
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engine locked up again!!
I have a 2001 windstar 145k..
in the last 6 months i had this problem with the engine starting,,
is would get stuck and i would have to spin the engine backwards a few times to get to spin enough to start,
in 6 months it did it 3 times,
it would sound like the battery was dead but its a new bat..
it would go WOW-WOW-WOW-WOooo stuck, i could only spin it backwards..
SOOO today i get up to go to work and it did it to me... it took over a hour to get it started BUT this time the engine has a clunk clunk clunk when i start it,, it sounds like its from the lower end but im not sure..
any one out there have this problem b4?
what could it be?
in the last 6 months i had this problem with the engine starting,,
is would get stuck and i would have to spin the engine backwards a few times to get to spin enough to start,
in 6 months it did it 3 times,
it would sound like the battery was dead but its a new bat..
it would go WOW-WOW-WOW-WOooo stuck, i could only spin it backwards..
SOOO today i get up to go to work and it did it to me... it took over a hour to get it started BUT this time the engine has a clunk clunk clunk when i start it,, it sounds like its from the lower end but im not sure..
any one out there have this problem b4?
what could it be?
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Did you ever figure this out Blazz81?
My buddy has a 2001 Windstar doing the same thing. Loud clunk when trying to start it. We manually rotated the engine with the crank bolt, and can get it to rotate a bit, but then gets stuck on something.
We removed the front valve cover and see the pushrods moving when rotating by hand, so it's not the timing chain. Only thing I can figure is either a lower end failure, or most likely a flex plate issue. But before dropping the transmission, I'm wondering if you ever got your issue fixed.
Thanks!
My buddy has a 2001 Windstar doing the same thing. Loud clunk when trying to start it. We manually rotated the engine with the crank bolt, and can get it to rotate a bit, but then gets stuck on something.
We removed the front valve cover and see the pushrods moving when rotating by hand, so it's not the timing chain. Only thing I can figure is either a lower end failure, or most likely a flex plate issue. But before dropping the transmission, I'm wondering if you ever got your issue fixed.
Thanks!
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