hi all,
im new to this and this is the first forum iv joined.
i brought my first impreza wrx wagon (import) 1994 standerd,last friday 6th, after test drive noticed a leak from the top hose, couldnt find anything else wrong with it, no smoke oil was clean ect ect.. so i brought it.
next day on the saturday took it to a jap specielist to get a new top hose, he took it off and said that i would need a new rad as someone had over tightened it and broke the small pipe coming from the rad, so orderd new rad an top hose. he put the hose back on and toped up with coolent and i drove home. yesterday i came out to check the coolent level before driving back to garage to get the repairs done only to find the was nothing in there, so i filled it up with water put the cap on and drove a few miles to the garage, on the way i could hear garguling sounds and water working its way round somewhere. i pulled up switch the engine off, sorted what i needed to with the fella and was told to park it up in a bay. now when i went to start it it was trying to turn over but did not sound right at all sounded like swooshing an bubbling gargling so i stoped tryed it again an same thing,tryed it a third time and it stoped turning over an i was just getting a single tick when i turn the key. i went in and ask for him to have a quick look, straight away he said starter motor, but im not so sure but not no mechanic.
im lost, he said he would get the starter motor sent of and reconditiond for £100 or £200 for a new one. so have left it there.

could i have done something wrong by doing what i did with the water? could it of sezied? also car was on a slope drive with engine faceing up hill (not sure if this matters)
any help info would be much appreceated. thanks in advanced.

 

Mate: do yourself a favour, post ONCE for each problem.
If you post in more than one place, you get a hodge=podge of replies, none of which have seen the one above and so a WORSE set of replies.
Ask a mod to delete your post above, or DIY.

 

what do you mean? im new to all this and was just looking for some info??

 

He is talking about the same thread being in the general section and the general technical section. Only need to post once for a problem or :

 

Take plugs out then disconnect coilpacks and see if it turns over.

 

ok i get this sorry. just thought more heads are better than a few.

 

ok thanks for the reply. i would but the car is with jdmodified i realy dont no what to do now, i guess all i can do is wait to get a phone call to say its not the starter motor or hopfuly it is?????
thank you all for your help.

 

No: we all all on all forums on here. Once is enough.
now you have two threads, the replies are split, people who reply to one DON'T see the replies to the other and YOU are left with LESS useful information, but it all to put together.