Driving my 2004 WRX to work today...and all of a sudden the car would not rev past 3.5K Then the engine just cuts off.

Next thing I can smell a strong smell which is like clutch burn...

I try and start the car and nothing it just sounds like a bag of nails


I broke down right outside work so have pushed it in...Cant get anything..

Could this be the bottom end gone or a more simple problem

 

When you press the excellertor does it sound like a Jet of air or anything? video or anything?

 

I will try get a video up later. The fuel pump does prime when turning ignition. The car will not start though..

 

if sounds like bag of hammers when it ran could have spun shell/s on crank

 

update! I had a friend go out and have a look over the engine. He found a pipe which seems to have come off..

image is here..not sure where it goes and what it does??



Could this tiny pipe on the top drivers side be causing my problem!?!

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

sorry hope it works this time!

 

Can't see what the pipe joins to. Need to zoom out a bit. But that pipe has a zip lock on it rather than a hose clip so no wonder it fell off!!!!


This image might help

http://www.scoobypedia.co.uk/index.p...tedIssues#toc3

 

what is the other end of that hose connected to

 

Here's the video of trying to start it!

 

One more picture of the mystery pipe..

 

Sounds pretty terminal to me - dont crank over very evenly does it and 'clanks' when it does.

 

sounds like something is knocking.........

 

yep its ****ed

 

Maybe not so, do compression check, as I think yr time belt slipped.

 

Sounds weird ,doesn't sound like bottom end to me and usually they run. Does sound like it's getting compression in the wrong places so could be slipped belt but that ain't good either

 

my guess seized idler

 

That sounds better that a new bottom end? Or am I wrong..sorry for being thick this is my first impreza and only had it since December!

 

if the belt has slipped it may just be the timing out if your lucky or if its slipped a lot it could have bent valves.
there is little point asking questions about it as without inspecting the car there is no way of telling whats wrong.

 

I thought mine was dead after leaving it 2 weeks and trying to start it. When starting it sounded like yours (without the knock) and I took the belt covers off convinced the belt had snapped or slipped. Got the wife to turn the key and looked at the belt. It was turning but incredibly slowly. Now the odd thing was the starter sounded like it was turning quite fast, but the crank and cams certainly weren't. Also all the dash lights worked as normal so seemed odd that it was the battery. Anyway it totally refused to start despite turning over for as long as you wanted it to, until using jump leads from a good battery where the starter changed sound and sped up and you got the standard noise you like to hear associate with compression

So just check that the crank is actually turning at any decent speed when you attempt to start it. However I'm not convinced you don't have another issue if it knocks like that.

 

Where does the other end of the pipe go? If you tell me where/picture I will have a look on mine and tell you

 

You need to take the timing belt covers off mate and have a look ,might be something obvious.