Sometimes a remote starter tool like this one on Amazon makes testing this easier to listen for. www.amazon.com/... What a siezed engine sounds like when you try to start it.
The only engine that ever seized on me was a 1976 Ford Pinto. It actually threw a rod and the came through the crankcase wall. It happened in the country right in front of a guys house who had the exact same Pinto that was smashed in the rear. He was a mechanic and I paid him $500 to install the engine from his wrecked Pinto into my car. I drove that old beater two more years until I finally finished school and got a decent job. Bought myself an 80 Plymouth TC3 hatchback. That car didnt last as long as the old Pinto.
This just happened to me. I had the car for two days (well 1 and a half). It ran fine, no ticks, or knocks of any kind. The ride was smooth and quiet. Middle of the second day, while I'm on the freeway, the car is riding perfect. A few miles in I noticed that every time I let up on the gas the speed reverted ever aggressively, so I was very near the off ramp and got off. When I got to the top of the ramp there were three or four soft ticks and the car shut off. That was it. 2010 Chevy Traverse. When I tried to turn it on all the power would go out and there was no sound. I'D turn the key back to the off position and the power would resume. I just had to laugh, but I also had to PEE. So I couldn't laugh too hard or (puddles). This nice lady, at a house across the way, asked if I was ok. I screamed that I had to peeeeeeeee. After a good laugh she let me her home. It was a beautifully kept Detroit tri-flat. Anyway that was my story. Well other than I had to give my brother the bad news that the car he'd given me had to go to "That lot in the sky", "The island of misfit vehicles" 💀
leeluv96 Same exact thing just happened to my 1996 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo last night. Had the car for 3 days, ran absolutely perfect and then it happened
@@ManuelPerez-sw9nj my mechanic told me that the oil well was dry and the engine was seized. I was skeptical because I've had A LOT of experience with cars where the engines went out or was going out. There's many many months of knocking and ticking before it finally goes. I will be transparent in saying these were old cars. I dont have experience with 2010 or newer vehicles giving out. There may be no warning at all with more recent vehicles. I dont know for sure, but my mind just wouldn't let me settle that the engine was done. So in the end, I sold the body. There was no fix for the Traverse. HOWEVER about two months ago my brother's 2009 Dodge RAM did the something similar. It ended up being something with the key fob going out.
@@HUNNIBEARX-that thing literally had many Complaints filed against it for excessive oil consumption, likely from failed oil rings, you probably got one of the fussy ones unfortunately, but that’s excluding some of the other engine issues reported.
something to watch out for is if your starter is "sticking" it could stay engaged and fry the battery of blow a fust or do some other crazy stuff. Happened to me on my 1986 f350, the battery was very hot after the terminal exploded off.
My 98 started using oil at about 60K miles. Supposedly it's the pistons that don't have enough drain holes for oil to run back down into the crankcase and the rings stick in the grooves from the coked up oil residue. I ran Marvel Mystery Oil in the crankcase and it has helped unstick the rings somewhat but I'm sure some of it is just wear. Instead of rebuilding or replacing the engine I just keep it topped up and at 142K miles still no clouds of blue smoke.
MrMyking2 mine didn’t seize but my crank decided to split in half but since then I got a new badass motor in it lol glad that pos broke I’m half because the bearings were going
I experienced this back in November, 1993 when my 1983 Ford Escort threw a rod while i was on my way to work. Two weeks earlier i had to get the water pump replaced. The first and last Ford I've ever owned.
It sounds something like that but all power gets cut off until I unhook the battery then hook it back up, I’ve changed the starter the battery the solenoid the positive wire that connects to the battery and solenoid I have no clue what the hell is wrong with it
Yes my car did the same thing. It is siezed up. Replaced the starter (was under the warranty) My mechanic tried to spin the wheel with tool and he couldnt.
The 98-02 1.8 1ZZFE engines are bad about early oil burning. Mine goes through a quart every 1000 or less depending on weather and driving city or highway. I keep it topped off and oil is much cheaper than an engine rebuild or replacement. I hammer it quite often and none the worse for wear. Of course people need to keep an eye on oil level to prevent something like this from happening. This one looks like no one ever checked the oil level in 15 years.
A bad starter will also show the same symptoms....Make sure to inspect the engine and make sure that you don’t have improper mixture of liquids (coolant) in the engine or damaged internals. IJS
@spelunkerd I've heard a thousand or so bad starters go "clack" this one sounded a bit different from the get go. When you start working on cars you don't check the fuel gauge first on a no start for example.... then you get in the habit of checking that stuff just in case. I checked the oil first before the starter. It's an easy test worth doing first. The main give away was the sound.
Dude, thank you SOOOOOO much for posting this video! My car broke down and I wasn't sure if my engine seized because I didn't know what it sounded like. My engine will keep trying to crank up, but not start. The engine in this video won't even crank up at all. Thanks again, you really eased my mind and now I'm not so worried about the cost to fix my car!
Thank goodness I was on my way home when out of no where I noticed a trail of oil running right behind me I got home and my whole engine was smoking I had thought my engine was done. It had 2 quarts of oil left when I drained it. Thank God it didn't sound like this
Yep , Click ,Click go's the starter. Thats after I sucked up water through engine air intake . My mechanic couldn't turn engine with a breaker bar. Totally seized , didnt take long to destroy my engine through the incompressability of water .
Yep.. my 2000 Toyota Camry sounds just like this. It had a massive oil leak but I kept it filled and never let the engine go low on oil. Anyway, it died on me when I got home from work. I’m happy that was able to get home now that I know now that my engine died 😢
that helps ALOT, my just clicks, think either ignition switch or clutch safety switch, just click like when my battery cables lose, did same click, this is loud intense click for frozen engine
Thanks, I'm currently soaking mines in marvel mystery oil this is day 2 hopefully it breaks free, but after day 3 I will take the engine out and rebuild it
Heard this on a mazda 3 that went through a huge puddle, hydrolocked and wouldn't start, locked up wheels in gears when pushing and wouldn't be turned by hand. seen this again on a 3.8 buick v6 ecotech in a holden commodore, spun a rod bearing due to low oil and not regular enough oil changes (not my vehicle). it was started, I heard a knocking sound which was slow at first but it was rod knock, vehicle was turned off, attempt at turning it back on yielded a click from the starter and nothing else.
My 1999 Ford Windstar seized on me yesterday, no rust i took care of it literally have no idea what caused it, no overheating no low oil, 180,000 miles but man its a shame, thanks for the video
Well looking on the bright side it's an old Corolla and those cars are fairly common, if you're sentimental and want to replace the engine you can get a new for like 500 bucks
I have a 1999 camry that threw a rod. It spat all the oil all over the road. When the car got towed in it was able to drive to the rear of the mechanic shop with it smoking badly. After that it would not start anymore. It didn't make the single clack sound then give up it would try and start but nothing. I got the whole engine replaced with a remanufactured one and it has been my daily driver for almost 7 months now.
My car won’t crank over and when I push the key in the starter doesn’t make any clicking noise the power just goes dim!!?? When I put the car in neutral it doesn’t move!! It was cranking fine before it went to the garage but came back seized!
my step brother bought a 2000 Cadillac escalade, we were on the highway and the tranny slipped really bad, then the motor started to make horrendous noises. The motor banged, clicked, and squeeled. It had oil in it when he bought it 2 hours earlier, and when we checked to see if the oil had metal fragments in it, the oil was gone... the dipstick was dry. I checked the transmission fluid to see if that was low as well.l, it wasn't. We called my father, who lived close to where we broke down, he brought 4 quarts of oil for the 4.7l V8. it took all the oil, and the engine refused to start, again making the metal on metal wailing sound, and knocking/banging. My step brother and I limped it off the highway to a nearby hotel, then the motor started to smoke, furiously. I checked the oil again, and it was gone... I had put oil into it 3 miles before. I checked the transmission fluid and it wasn't red, it was brownish gold... the oil had leaked into the transmission somehow.
Mine clacks like that but no other sound, it even turns my flywheel a tiny bit, I think I have plenty of oil so my question is why wont it start, I just replaced the flywheel because it broke all the way around the crank bolts
Well.... glad that's not my problem on my car. Mine wont even make a clank sound, when I turn the key all the lights in the dash turn off like if the battery was disconnected. No click sound or anything. I checked my engine with a wrench on and started to turn the engine manually andnit turns with no effort at all. Maybe my starter? It's a 2002 Buick Park Avenue Ultra. 144k miles on the odometer. Still trying to figure out the issue lol battery is strong too.
I get a horrendous grind that lasts as long as I turn the key. My Toyota v6 was stolen and recovered. It appears to have been towed as there's no added mileage and the gps tracker from the insurance company never pinged.
My friend had a 95 Toyota Camry and the egine locked up on us driving down the road we didnt know it was the engine at first, first thought was the starter and when that didnt work we tried the alternator which didnt work as well so we took it to my mechanic and he called the next day saying the engine was no good and it had locked up and that he could put another engine in for 1,000$ labor included but also told my friend that its not worth it because the car isnt even worth a 1,000$ lol but understood if it was sentimental haha but my friend did the right thing n sold it to the junk yard
I have a loud squalling / squealing noise when I shut my 2001 Subaru Forester off..also with the noise the engine will shake side to side real quickly… It starts back up and runs great but I’m afraid to drive it…I can drive around and don’t have problems until it shuts off…Do you think possible TORQUE CONVERTER problems …It makes this loud EEERRRRRR noise when shut down…. I have meticulously babied this car…I put in new axles…head gaskets…new radiator…timing belt and components 2 times…always oil changes…super clean car…
My engine is making a similar sound 4.7 magnum it died the same way while driving but I did have some ticking. It makes this sound when trying to start it up but I did spin the bottom pulley and it does turn so I don’t think it’s completely seized maybe the timing chain?
That's exactly how mine sounds now. It's ridiculous the second engine to do that in one month. My engine seized ND I put a used one and 2 weeks later it seized too after suddenly shaking and banging noise I'm fed up
Yep, that's the sound. So what if you literally just rebuild the engine (reman crankshaft, new bearings and gaskets, crosshatched cylinders, checked rings valves lifters etc) and it turned over by hand to install the torque converter but won't turn now? Marvel mystery oil in cylinders, no plugs, timing set, and starter pulled?
@AdirondackNY Good observation. However around here so many people try to "look rich" and can't afford the maintenance on their escalade because their house poor and car poor too.
I'm assuming this engine can't be rebuilt since it threw a rod.
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I have a 97 Ford ranger that seized on me. I poured "marvels mystery oil" inside the spark plug holes and allowed it to soak for 24 hours. Surprisingly, I was able to break the engine free using a breaker bar on the crankshaft bolt. Starts right up now. And its so for sale lol.. 1997 ranger stepside.. red. $1400 :-)
one thing I noticed when looking at used cars is many economy cars get economy maintnence and luxury cars get proper maintnence. very rare do I find a Cadilac that hasnt had the oil & trans fluid changed but econo boxes 9 out of 10 are neglected
Never had an engine lock up on me why cause I change the oil on time check the oil regularly and I don’t run the engine hard or miss treat it. It’s that simple folks
I cant believe a corolla 1.8 seized but then again they ran it dry of oil. I have a 99 now at 300 and something kms. and a 2000(at 386,000kms a few years back. Both cars lasted me at least 6 years. They have a piston ring gap-issue that allows them to burn oil when the oil control rings stick.
@@getrightconstruction1342 canadian cars. The one i drive now was a US car but it was built in canada. Inhave to do the conversion. It has 208k miles on it.
@@getrightconstruction1342 not too weird. Here in Canada everything is in KMS, just Depends where the car is being sent for final sale. Some come back over the border. My car had to have a import tag showing it was from the states but re-registered for use in canada because the laws are different. Lile daytime running lights are required where im from by law, the car had to have a relay installed. I work on cars for a living. We get a lot of imported cars that require an inspection to see if it complies or not. Most of them i can change with a laptop for Daytime running lights. Technology is great sometimes. Ive alsonhad to install daytime running light modules on older cars.
So I didn't realize when my friend was repairing the jets in my carborator of my Kawasaki 250 Mojave, he left the top of the carborator off and after 2 years of sitting in the yard my dad says "i stuffed a rag in it, your lucky the damn thing didn't sieze up"
Tried turning my crank wheel and it's stuck. I'm going to take the timing belt off and see if I can agree that if it's one of the overheard cams after that. Thanks for the vid
Aldo the engine seized. I was able to get the timing belt off the camshafts, and the crank is stuck. Tried all methods of moving the crank with a torque wrench, power tools. Engine is done
@@lucianoromero777 I'm in a similar situation as you are but I think my engine's timing chain got stuck or snapped. I can still hand crank the engine to a certain point then it stops. I can't check anything unless I pull the whole engine from the car and check the timing chains. What do you think?
Aldo I would take the timing covers off and see if a belt is snapped and take one of the timing belts off and see if all of them turn, it could be just a bad head cam not allowing you to turn it. Turn all of the overhead gears and then the crank and see which one is the culprit.
Aldo long ago , one of the right cam cldr get problem I didn’t know , I bought cheap Chinese fan attached to the intake manifold, after a few engine raving it dead ( completely seized ). Bought another one low mileage ej25 .
I have 1999 toyota Camry and my car just cut off going down the interstate. I had a mobile mechanic that ive used 2 times before for oil change and brakes. At first he said it was my battery and alternator I said you can tell by just looking at the alternator and he said yes. Now my car will turn over and make a sound but not like the one in this video. Then the mechanic said the timing belt was broke so he replaced the timing g belt and water pump and I don't know why he replaced the water pump. But still my car will not start but continues to turn over and make the sound and it sounds like the alternator to me. The mechanic said that because my timing belt broke that now my head is blown. However I reasearched 1999 toyota Camry and can timing belt going out affect your motor engine and it said no it dosent. So if that's true how can I tell if it's my starter or battery or alternator?? I had a new battery in the car but when this problem happens it drained my battery and had no Moe life the mechanic told me and their was acid leaking from the battery and he said that's cause the alternator was bad.
Nope, a guy I went out with had his toyota soarer fail on him after the diff went. 5 hundy to fix as he did the work himself. Another guy I went out with was a mechanic and said he saw lots of neglected camrys that went years with no oil and had simply had enough.
