Can someone tell me why my engine died?

[Formerly Black Trash]

i was coming down a side street and got stuck in snow
I kept turning the key and the engine came back on
I went home, left the car running, and tried to go to work
Got stuck before I left my block and the car shut off again Trued to rev it up and the engine tried but wouldn’t start

The shop said I shouldn’t have kept trying to start it while I was stuck in the snow and that I fukked up the rev limiter
But that doesn’t explain why it shut off the first time

 

[Micron]

Your mechanic can tell you why your engine died.

Anything else is just a guess with limited information.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Your mechanic can tell you why your engine died.

Anything else is just a guess with limited information.

I didn’t feel like asking him again...but I remembered that piece of info and it doesn’t all line up

I’m going to have to buy a new car

I paid $4000 for mine
I seen a 06 for sale for $1000
I was like

 

[J.E.T.S]

Stop buying cash cars. I hate when the broke, smart dumb brigade enters car threads with that bullshyt punchline.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Stop buying cash cars. I hate when the broke, smart dumb brigade enters car threads with that bullshyt punchline.

Ain’t all cars cash cars?

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

you should keep a 20 pound bag of rice in your car at all times.
pop the hood and cover the engine in rice.
wait 10 minutes and then you are good to go.

 

[Vilify]

Get a second opinion if you don't mind paying for a tow.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

you should keep a 20 pound bag of rice in your car at all times.
pop the hood and cover the engine in rice.
wait 10 minutes and then you are good to go.

Right? shyt died because OP didn't feed it. Put it through that much trouble, starve the engine, and wonder why it died

 

[J.E.T.S]

Ain’t all cars cash cars?

My vehicle that I'm paying 340 a month on cranks up..

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

My vehicle that I'm paying 340 a month on cranks up..

Oh you say get a loan and don’t buy used
Nah I’m good on that unless I have no choice
My money ain’t good enough for that

 

[Stir Fry]

Check your battery terminals for any corrosion and clean its connections with a steel brush/wool. Cheapest fix that might work.

How do you fukk up a rev limiter?

 

[El Coupeacabra]

If you kept trying to start it in the snow you may have sucked snow or water into the engine.

Water does not compress. Engines need to be able to compress to run.

If the engine tries to compress water it will bend internal parts and no longer run.

Im just taking a shot in the dark tho. The rev limiter is a setting in the computer not an actual part. What you would have bent is called a connecting rod

 

[raul04]

Could be a bad mass air flow sensor

 

[DonDiego]

Push your horn. If the horn doesn't blow it's the battery. If it does it's something else. Does your gas gauge work?

 

[GzUp]

Stop buying cash cars. I hate when the broke, smart dumb brigade enters car threads with that bullshyt punchline.

What’s the problem with buying cash?

I just bought a car straight cash and have zero problems.