briancpest
New Member
Ok. I just got home, at 4:33 AM. Was not planning on taking this long to get home.
I had gigantic car problems tonight, and I think they are probably big enough to warrant the need for a new one asap.
I have an old 1990 Honda Civic. I've had some problems with it in the past, but nothing huge. And, since we fixed the one problem I had (timing belt fell off) I haven't had a single hiccup.
Tonight, I went out to meet a group of friends, and on the way home my car was acting suspicious. Suddenly it would give off this loud screeching noise and I'd feel a lot of resistance to the gas, almost felt like I was driving with the emergency brake on (it wasn't). Then, after the screeching starts, my car would stall out. If I turned off the car, and the lights, and waited, it would start just fine. But after starting to move for about a minute, the whole situation would happen again. It did this about 5 times before I decided to pop the hood and check stuff. I checked the oil, it was fine. I checked the battery connection, it was fine (because when the symptoms started, my check battery light was flickering).
After tinkering with a few things under the hood, I tried starting the car again. It started fine, but then suddenly the same symptoms happened again.....
This time only for about 5 seconds before something reasonably large came crashing out from under my car.
I'm talking, large enough that I felt it hit the car under my feet and seat, and I could hear it hit the road underneath me. Because of the time of night, I could not find out what it was. But, the weird part is, since that happened, no more symptoms or stalling.
I'm not one to trust a car if something falls out from under it though, and I'm wondering if I should just stop driving it. The only thing I could think of is someone possibly vandalized my car?
I have no clue what to do now, and I have to get to work in about 6 hours.
I had gigantic car problems tonight, and I think they are probably big enough to warrant the need for a new one asap.
I have an old 1990 Honda Civic. I've had some problems with it in the past, but nothing huge. And, since we fixed the one problem I had (timing belt fell off) I haven't had a single hiccup.
Tonight, I went out to meet a group of friends, and on the way home my car was acting suspicious. Suddenly it would give off this loud screeching noise and I'd feel a lot of resistance to the gas, almost felt like I was driving with the emergency brake on (it wasn't). Then, after the screeching starts, my car would stall out. If I turned off the car, and the lights, and waited, it would start just fine. But after starting to move for about a minute, the whole situation would happen again. It did this about 5 times before I decided to pop the hood and check stuff. I checked the oil, it was fine. I checked the battery connection, it was fine (because when the symptoms started, my check battery light was flickering).
After tinkering with a few things under the hood, I tried starting the car again. It started fine, but then suddenly the same symptoms happened again.....
This time only for about 5 seconds before something reasonably large came crashing out from under my car.
I'm talking, large enough that I felt it hit the car under my feet and seat, and I could hear it hit the road underneath me. Because of the time of night, I could not find out what it was. But, the weird part is, since that happened, no more symptoms or stalling.
I'm not one to trust a car if something falls out from under it though, and I'm wondering if I should just stop driving it. The only thing I could think of is someone possibly vandalized my car?
I have no clue what to do now, and I have to get to work in about 6 hours.
