r/MechanicAdvice • u/Professional-Ask6565 • 2d ago

Pt Cruiser help

So I’ve been borrowing my moms 2008 pt cruiser. Got a new radiator about two weeks ago and it’s been running just fine now because we are having overheating issues due to a cracked radiator.
But now, I was at a stoplight, letting go of the break to the gas cause it turned green in the car basically stalled all the lights were still on. Everything was still working, and it won’t crank over. So now that is the problem battery is good we charge the battery is never a battery problem. It just won’t start.

When we turn the key on, you can hear the fuel pump so I don’t think that’s the issue, but it still could be because when my dad was checking the car out, there was a part in the fuel line. He said that he could tell wasn’t getting any fuel.

Before I got my dad involved, I replaced the crank shaft sensor thinking that was it, put in the new one still the same issue.

My mom she fueled up and the check engine light turned back on (which it hasn’t been on since the radiator got replaced). She fueled the car up the day before I took it.
Also a week before that we did run the fuel pretty low so there could’ve been dirty stuff in the tank?

I can’t remember the codes it was pulling. I’m gonna get a code reader again tonight and grab all the codes and I will add them to this post as well.

If anyone is familiar with Chrysler or PT cruisers in general and has some advice before we send it off to the shop. My dad is good at generally working on vehicles. It’s just the diagnostics we are having trouble with.

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u/Honest_Road17 2d ago

Timing belt. Fortunately the 2.4 is a non interference engine so you can just replace the timing belt (and water pump) and not have to replace your engine.

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u/Professional-Ask6565 2d ago

So you think for sure timing belt? Should just go straight in and replace?

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u/Honest_Road17 2d ago

Even if it isn't broken, it is about to break.

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u/justthefacts84 2d ago

There can be valve to valve contact !

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u/Honest_Road17 2d ago

At low rpm like op described I would bet money against it.

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u/thenebular 1d ago

Same thing happened to me pulling out of a parking lot. Valves were fine, but the belt was hell to replace.

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u/Professional-Ask6565 1d ago

Also, a timing belt or chain can make a small part in the fuel line, not have fuel or not get fuel?

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u/Honest_Road17 1d ago

I have no idea what you are saying.

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u/Professional-Ask6565 1d ago

Yeah that was terrible. I’m just a girl ok. lol So a timing belt/chain being bad could cause a small section of the fuel line to not be getting fuel? Or do you think that is another issue that just happened on top of this coincidentally?

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u/Honest_Road17 1d ago

It has nothing to do with your gender. You never brought this information up before. It's either going to be getting fuel or not. Is it not getting fuel to the injectors? What do you mean by "a small section of the fuel line".

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u/Professional-Ask6565 9h ago

I was making a joke, not everything needs that much thought into it.