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an actual mechanical problem 200 1983

posted by  susan on  Fri Jan 31 05:38 CST 2003
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good morning all,

as opposed to my ever-present h20 leaks, and fixing them, i seem to have suddenly developed an actual mechanical problem.

last night i drove about 3 miles to a class and nothing seemed wrong. however, once i started the car after getting out of class, the engine started knocking violently against the chassis, which caused the whole car to shimmy left and right.

also, the car wouldn't accelerate - mostly it would stay in the 15-20 mph range... occasionally it would grab power and jump up to about 25 mph, but that only happened once or twice over a 3 mile drive home.

when i got out to look under the hood (10pm, so not too much to see/do) i couldn't see anything amiss, but the engine compartment did smell weird, like something was burning (not oil smell though) ...didn't recognize the smell though....

my first thought is that there is a clogged line somewhere, i don't know how realistic that is though.....

any thoughts?
thanks,

susan
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