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justme
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Sep 21, 2010, 9:41 AM
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My husband has a 1997 Chrysler Sebring convertable. It has 110 miles on it and has a 2.5 engine. About a week ago while driving the speedom stopped working for a minuter or two. Also the indicator light on the dash board for the oil and whatever flashed. He did nothing to find out why and hasnot made attention if they have done it since. Well yesterday the car stalled and he said it had a smell like rubber. He coasted to the side of the road and noticed it was boiling over. He called me and our grandson brought his water. After it cooled down water was added it still would not start so it was towed home.
It still will not start and several people have give their opinion which are timing chain, head gasket and several things.
We were told that is is going to be very costly. Living on s.s. is not something we are going to be able to do.
Do you have any thought on this problem. We really need an answer from someone who is honest.
Bless you
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Sidom
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Sep 21, 2010, 11:39 AM
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1st let me start off by saying, this is just the internet, I can't see this car and have to go off what info is provided to me and I'm filling in the blanks in a couple of areas.
That being said, from what you posted it sounds like this car was overheating and driven to the point where the engine died. With any engine, this isn't a good thing. With the Chry 2.5 (actually a Mitsubishi) it's even worse. These engines have a high rate of doing internal damage when a timing belt breaks or strips (this engine has a belt, not a chain). It's actually more common for the water pump to go out and break the belt than the belt to fail by it self.
The 1st thing that needs to be done is to see if the belt is broken, if not then we can go from there but this needs to be checked 1st. While not 100% a quick check you can do is just crank the engine over and see if it sounds "different". The normal cranking sound you can hear it "lope" as it turns over. When the belt breaks it's more of a straight constant "whine". It takes a trained ear but even so, someone who is use to their car can usually tell "something" sounds different now...
If the belt is broken the next step would be to put a new belt on it and see if there is engine damage. I already covered the high rate, so no need to dwell on that anymore. In cases like this I will pull the frt 3 plugs & put a boroscope in the cylinders to see if I can spot any engine damage. If so there is no need for the extra labor to put a belt on it. The back 3 plugs requires the plenum to be removed so if the frt 3 cylinders are good, then you would need to proceed with the new belt......
Like I mentioned, I can't see this car right now so this is just an opinion going off limited info.... I have seen & done a lot of these, so I am familiar with this engine..
I really really hope I'm wrong on this and it's just something simple that I've overlooked....... That would make my day......
I don't know if this helps at all but just my opinion.....
(This post was edited by Sidom on Sep 21, 2010, 11:40 AM)
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