Car suddenly died while driving

[cplagge]

Well i was driving to the store to get some stuff to do an oil change, when all of a sudden my oil pressure light came on, and instantly I noticed the tachometer fell to zero, and the car slowly came to a halt. I pulled off and checked everything i could think of before calling for a tow. Oil level was fine. My buddy thinks its my timing belt, but I have no friggin clue.

[GhostMercury]

hmm you wouldnt to have recently used valvoline? caus epirana had problems with his engine. and once he switch back to his usual oil every problem went away. but id like to know what they find out was the cause of the problem

[cplagge]

Last oil change i used mobile one... I will remember that about valvoline though, thanks!

[jeg0024]

Could be something electrical sence you say the oil level is fine, did it slowly die or just all at once stall out?

[GhostMercury]

edit: he got the problem with castrol, and it was fixed by switching back to valvoline

[cplagge]

Could be something electrical sence you say the oil level is fine, did it slowly die or just all at once stall out?


Died all at once. The car was in gear, i was going about 35. Lucky for me there was no one behind me. Car still turned over, radio worked, lights etc, so i guess im just waiting for the mechanic now

[mhrebin]

so it still turned over. couldnt be a timing belt then. unless it sounded like a free spinning motion. happened to my prelude, just sounded like something was spinning and not cranking.

start checking everything out, pop the valve cover to make sure its not the t belt

[cplagge]

It was a fuse that blew, cuz of an O2 sensor shorting. Super cheap and easy to fix.

[GhostMercury]

i should have known. same thing happened to another member on here. i just totally forgot about it. where was the blown fuse? in the engine compratment or the cabin