# I Ran Over a cement curb help **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [October 27, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-ran-over-a-cement-curb-help/193594 "2023-10-27T15:57:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rashanacook54\_187476](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@rashanacook54\_187476](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rashanacook54_187476)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-ran-over-a-cement-curb-help/193594/1 "2023-10-27T15:57:40Z")
Hey everyone I ran over a cement block last week, now when I try to start the car it cuts right back off. I did get under the car to see if I saw damage, After I ran over the curb but all I see is a filter type thing that has a slight hole. Please help any information helps thank you. ![IMG_20231014_110609275](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/e/0eb570325ea4d111ca563f29d474e1716fa49b80.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-ran-over-a-cement-curb-help/193594/2 "2023-10-27T16:09:37Z")
The best advice that anyone could give you is to take it to a competent mechanic’s shop (NOT a chain-run place like Pep Boys, Midas, Meineke, Monro, AAMCO), and tell when what happened. Ask them to put it up on a lift in order to survey the damage, and also ask them to check the integrity of the front end components, which could have been damaged by driving over the cement block. ---
**Author:** ![eddo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/eddo/32/2594_2.png) [@eddo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eddo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-ran-over-a-cement-curb-help/193594/3 "2023-10-27T16:10:02Z")
we can’t offer much help with the little information you have given us. best advice: get it towed to a shop and let them diagnose what is wrong with it. Could be as simple as a fuel cutoff switch has been triggered, or as complicated as you punctured the oil filter and the engine is now junk (or a myriad of things in between.) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-ran-over-a-cement-curb-help/193594/4 "2023-10-27T16:13:50Z")
> [@eddo](#): > > as complicated as you punctured the oil filter and the engine is now junk ![:eek:](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/0/2016e752503d49f7f839b4241c8ce61f71b278b5.gif) Since the OP didn’t mention leaking oil, hopefully that is not the “filter type thing” that the OP believes to have been damaged. In any event, as you stated, this vehicle needs to be towed to the closest competent mechanic’s shop. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-ran-over-a-cement-curb-help/193594/5 "2023-10-27T16:43:30Z")
> [@rashanacook54\_187476](#): > > I see is a filter type thing that has a slight hole. That is your flex pipe in the exhaust, that you posted a pic of… ---
**Author:** ![rashanacook54\_187476](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@rashanacook54\_187476](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rashanacook54_187476)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-ran-over-a-cement-curb-help/193594/6 "2023-10-27T18:18:20Z")
Could it be damaged? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-ran-over-a-cement-curb-help/193594/7 "2023-10-27T18:28:57Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > That is your flex pipe in the exhaust, that you posted a pic of… +1 Now that the OP has posted a pic, at least the exhaust flex pipe has been damaged, but there could well be other types of damage that only a hands-on mechanical inspection would find. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-ran-over-a-cement-curb-help/193594/8 "2023-10-27T22:11:25Z")
> [@rashanacook54\_187476](#): > > Could [the exhaust flex pipe] be damaged? If this is a modern electronic fuel injected engine, yes, and your flex pipe is definitely damaged and needs to be replaced immediately. The exhaust leak will confuse the computer’s fuel/air mixture calculations to no end. It’s possible the cat’s matrix was damaged too, and is now preventing the free-flow of exhaust gasses. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-ran-over-a-cement-curb-help/193594/9 "2023-10-27T22:13:43Z")
> [@rashanacook54\_187476](#): > > I ran over a cement block last week, now when I try to start the car it cuts right back off. If you ran over something a week ago and today the car doesn’t start the 2 may not even be related. I assume the car has been running and driving normally for the week between hitting the curb and not starting? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-ran-over-a-cement-curb-help/193594/10 "2023-10-27T22:15:41Z")
> [@rashanacook54\_187476](#): > > Could it be damaged? If the exhaust isn’t loud, the braid is damaged but not the flex pipe inside. Don’t change it until the exhaust gets loud. Tester