hello there, here is some background before my question. for those who take the time to answer this in any way, I cant begin to thank you enough! If you have any ideas that can help out with getting this bucket on the road, id appreciate anything. ts my only ride at the moment, preventing me from working any good jobs.
so being absolutely lazy and wanting to go home, instead of filling my coolant i thought it would be OK to drive home and worry about it the next day. ( i needed to fill it because it had a large leak, so i had been adding to it periodically that is a fix i can do/ know how to fix, anyways) so of course on the way home it overheated to the point of smoke bursting from under the hood,not just steam but actual smoke , at least that is what i suspect. i had it towed home, fixed everything that i could see. now the only code it is throwing is P0038. when i looked it up it was for the o2 censer. and ive yet to get a new one. further more when i try to start the car, it does not even click ,or turn over. it makes a weird sound but that is it. i also took a ājumper cable to the fuse box trickā and that was a fail as well.
so my main question would be, what do you think the issue would be regarding thee car from not being able to start? (minus the obvious things such as fuses or gas or dead battery, only because ive check those already) any ideas ?
Chrysler 300
2006
150k miles
Daily driver, city miles
V6 , 2.7 , base model
You seem smarter then say, a box of rocks. So, what happens to a severely overheated motor? Have you heard the term, seized?
Can you use a breaker bar to rotate motor?
Yup I agree. Likely seized/shot engine. Try the breaker bar to turn it over, otherwise new engine or parts car. Do you want us to lie or tell the truth?
Does it sound like a starter motor free wheeling? Sounds like the engine has no compression. Watch the crankshaft pulley while cranking the engine to see if it rotates.
Not sure if that was an insult, but my reasoning for this post is due to my lack of knowledge on vehicles. So how do i know if indeed it is seized? and is this something i can fix or get fixed ?
I would like the truth of course, and i appreciate all the replys.
How do i do that ? or what should i type in on āgoogleā or āYouTubeā to research this ?
That 2.7 engine is one of the worst that Chrysler ever made. It does not handle overheating well, and they have notoriously weak ābottom endsā. Experience long ago taught me that once these engines exhibit any sign of internal mechanical failure, they are almost impossible to repair reliably. Complete replacement with a rebuilt unit is usually the best course of action.
@crivers1994_182590 I donāt think any amount of You Tube videos are going to be much help . I think ITS-Me is correct in having a mobile mechanic look at this and maybe give you a ball park opinion as to how bad the damage is . You then decide to repair engine , rebuild engine or just have it sent to the salvage because the expense is just not worth it.
You (or your shop) could try to rotate the engine using a socket/ratchet on the crankshaft bolt. This shouldnāt take much force. Some force, but not much. If it wouldnāt budge then Iād remove the spark plugs and try again. Report back here what you find out.
Note: No experience w/that engine, so not 100% sure this idea is applicable to your car. But Iāve done hand-rotations like that over the years on all of the cars Iāve ever owned. Done to set the engine to TDC for timing purposes, to move a pulley into a desired orientation, etc. Make sure to turn the engine in the correct direction, not backwards. For safety sake, make sure engine is āoffā and key is removed, could cause injury if engine cranked or fired-up while doing this. Usually when I do this I first disconnect the battery negative.
