I was heading home in my 95 Caprice earlier tonight when the engine lost all power. It was still "running" if you could call it that, but no power at all. When I would try to give it a little gas it was making a sound similar to what Eleanor makes in Gone in 60 Seconds when "Memphis" is telling the car "Don't start with me...no Start" which I'm guessing was due to lack of oil circulating or perhaps something completely different (I always thought it was valve noise, but could be wrong).
So it was weird to me that it didn't totally just die, but seemed like it was still trying to run. My main thoughts were Optispark or something timing related, but those are only guesses that could be totally wrong for all I know. I tried re-starting it and it would "start" but continue not really running, so I turned it off right away.
Anywho, the main or only symptom I had recently was that the car would run rough at low RPM or idle, such as when starting from a stoplight....after a few seconds of stumbling it would snap back to normal. I had been planning to do some PM/repair work on the car soon which I guess means now. It had also just recently thrown an EGR code that I'm guessing would have contributed to the crappy idle and possibly stuttering during acceleration.
I also had an incident just a few days ago where the bottom bolts on the waterpump were slightly lose and dripping coolant, so I imagine Mr. Optispark was none to happy with that either. I tightened them and it seems ok now, but figure that wasn't good.
Any ideas appreciated.
So it was weird to me that it didn't totally just die, but seemed like it was still trying to run. My main thoughts were Optispark or something timing related, but those are only guesses that could be totally wrong for all I know. I tried re-starting it and it would "start" but continue not really running, so I turned it off right away.
Anywho, the main or only symptom I had recently was that the car would run rough at low RPM or idle, such as when starting from a stoplight....after a few seconds of stumbling it would snap back to normal. I had been planning to do some PM/repair work on the car soon which I guess means now. It had also just recently thrown an EGR code that I'm guessing would have contributed to the crappy idle and possibly stuttering during acceleration.
I also had an incident just a few days ago where the bottom bolts on the waterpump were slightly lose and dripping coolant, so I imagine Mr. Optispark was none to happy with that either. I tightened them and it seems ok now, but figure that wasn't good.
Any ideas appreciated.