Okay so I was looking forward to posting about this 325is that I just bought, but now it looks like I will be doing so under frustrating circumstances.
I got the car at a local auction, where impounded cars are sold when the owners don't pay their bill. To give you an idea, this car had a full set of golf clubs and a bunch of personal stuff in it still. So *usually* these are not abandoned cars.
That said, I had to jump the battery because the car had been at a tow lot for 6 weeks. It had no fuel in it, so it took some effort to get it started. We jumped it with cables and I drove it back to where i work (i did this on my lunch break). Car has some bearing and brake issues, along with a check engine light. The after work, the battery still wasn't charged up, so we had to jump it again. Started right up, no problem.
When we get it home, my buddy takes it for a spin around the block. He does a burnout at the stop sign and then the car stalls almost immediately. He parks it and gets out and there is a big stream of coolant behind the car.
So I know it doesn't have any coolant in it, but it's literally only one block from my house, so we try to jump start it. Now the engine will only turn 1/2 to 1 revolution, and then it stops. Either the battery is not taking charge (all of a sudden), or there is something not right inside the engine.
We looked under the engine and we can see the general area in the front passenger side where the coolant is it, so i am hoping it is just the radiator or the lower radiator hose.
Any suggestions on how the sudden coolant leak and failure to start may be related?
I got the car at a local auction, where impounded cars are sold when the owners don't pay their bill. To give you an idea, this car had a full set of golf clubs and a bunch of personal stuff in it still. So *usually* these are not abandoned cars.
That said, I had to jump the battery because the car had been at a tow lot for 6 weeks. It had no fuel in it, so it took some effort to get it started. We jumped it with cables and I drove it back to where i work (i did this on my lunch break). Car has some bearing and brake issues, along with a check engine light. The after work, the battery still wasn't charged up, so we had to jump it again. Started right up, no problem.
When we get it home, my buddy takes it for a spin around the block. He does a burnout at the stop sign and then the car stalls almost immediately. He parks it and gets out and there is a big stream of coolant behind the car.
So I know it doesn't have any coolant in it, but it's literally only one block from my house, so we try to jump start it. Now the engine will only turn 1/2 to 1 revolution, and then it stops. Either the battery is not taking charge (all of a sudden), or there is something not right inside the engine.
We looked under the engine and we can see the general area in the front passenger side where the coolant is it, so i am hoping it is just the radiator or the lower radiator hose.
Any suggestions on how the sudden coolant leak and failure to start may be related?
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