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My friend drives a 1991 Pontiac Grand Prix....4 cylinder....she filled it up at the gas station, got on the interstate drove for about 25 minutes at about 65-70 mph...she had to slow down to roughly 50 mph and then when she went to hit the gas the car made a loud clanking sound and wouldn't pick up speed so she let off the gas and tried again and the car did the same thing...she finally got it over to the shoulder and it completely died.....we cannot figure out what the clanking sound was OR why the car just lost all power.....I was thinking possibly sugar in the tank would cause a loss of power but what is the clanking sound. she said the sound came from under the hood nowhere else.

2007-03-18 20:12:52 · 8 answers · asked by sweet_southern_belle1980 2 in Cars & Transportation Maintenance & Repairs

it won't even start now...it will crank but not kick over

2007-03-18 20:17:24 · update #1

8 answers

That's a pretty general statement, it could be almost anything. I had a similar thing happen in a Honda and it turned out that the distributor connections had come loose, causing the spark to cut out. Take it to a good shop and have it checked out.

2007-03-18 20:18:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Sound like the timing belt broke. If the engine cranks but won't start, it's a pretty fair bet that that's what has happened. Take it to you nearest mechanic. It's about a $200 job.

2007-03-19 03:26:59 · answer #2 · answered by goaltender 4 · 2 0

make sure she didn't put diesel in her tank if she did drain the tank and flush the lines replace filter. the clanking is the engine jumping. the filter is clogged no gas.

2007-03-23 00:58:18 · answer #3 · answered by jsn_ayers 4 · 0 0

You definitely need to take it to a garage and have it checked out but have the mechanic show you the problem not just tell you.

2007-03-19 03:23:24 · answer #4 · answered by dVille 4 · 0 0

Busted rocker arm?

2007-03-19 05:45:51 · answer #5 · answered by Rene B 5 · 0 0

its called a ping it happens when you r aspouse to put regiler, but u put super

2007-03-19 03:21:26 · answer #6 · answered by jadebe12 1 · 0 1

engine prolbems

2007-03-19 03:19:39 · answer #7 · answered by octo 2 · 0 0

does it run now or start or does it not do anything now?

2007-03-19 03:16:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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