I think my engine seized up...... it was making a squealing noise and then died and now it just won't turn over..I can rotate the crank with a wrench by hand though
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Did you blow the t-belt?
A bad timing belt tensioner could have been the squeeling .1985 325e M50TU(Sold)
1991 318is Slicktop (Sold)
1990 325is Brilliantrot S50/5 Lug Swapped.
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If you can rotate the crank with a wrench, the engine isn't seized. If it were seized you could not rotate the crank at all or it would excessively hard to turn.
Pull the plugs and see how hard it is to turn the engine. It should be fairly easy.
The squealing noise could be from one of the belt driven items on the front of the engine or the timing belt tensioner. A failure to crank (starter turning the engine) could be abad starter.The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
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