Celica Forums General Discussion General SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH MY GTS!

I have a major problem. Last night a couple of friends came over to my house and we were hanging out I decided to show one of my friends my celica because he hadn't seen my car before. The only thing is that my front bumper is with my new body kit getting repainted, so I had no front bumper on at the time. So we were driving down a road behind my house and I was hitting lift and I hit a bumb in the road and the plastic panel that is under the car covering the engine got snagged and was draging under the car. I slowed down and the scraping stoped. I immediatly drove back and took a look. My power steering wasn't working and my wheel had a hard time turning. Also you could clearly hear that something was wrong with the intake it was struggling to suck in the air and when you started the car and left it it strugled then turned off. This is a major problem if anyone has any tips or info on what might be wrong then PLEASE PLEASE help me. I have no idea whats wrong with my car and i'm desparate to get this fixed. Thanks

any check engine lights?

yeah if theres any of them,m if not bring it to the dealer

yes, right after i hit the bump and the underbody plastic started scraping. That is when the check engine light and oil light came on. We pulled out a jack, but it wasn't working, so tonight, we couldn't take a good look under the car yet. My parents are out of town for one more day, so I'm trying to figure this out first.

maybe you hit the oil pan? anyways those underbody plastics are the cheapest piecesof shit ever, its not uncomon to ruin those

Damn man that sucks. (Ft. Lauderdale pwns! ) Anyway i would definatly get the gts jacked up ASAP. Plus, how deep was the hole in the ground? A pot hole?

I would go over all the hoses and make sure there connected properly. Check the power steering make sure its full. Check your brake fluids. Check the Coolant fluids. Check the Intake hoses. Check battery. The simple things. Check throttle. Check it all man.

Are you leaking any fluids?

Alright, well I'm gonna get my car towed to a mechanic monday. Yea, my friend thinks i must've dented the oil pan or something. One of them suggested the altenator belt, but i checkd it already and it was fine. Anyways, thanks for your input guys. When I find out what happened, i'll post it.

man that is the worst thing i have ever herd. next to the guy who had is vanilized at school. Goodluck bro. i hope everyhing works out,a nd isnt to expensive.

That is what I was going to say that you Dented the oil pan. Probably broke the oil pump itself too. Sorry to hear this!

I good way to fix th plastics is to hot glue them back together, I just took mine off because they were scraping. Stupid body shop forgot to out them back up

haha yeah my cousin did that in his old cavalier(early 90's) rolled over a curb and ripped a hole in the pan, needless to say he lost 3-4 quarts on the way home its amazing his engine survived

shit.. goodluck with that.. hope its nothing too crazy

good luck I hope they figure it out

Well im having a mechanic look at it tommorw, my friend thinks it has nothin to do with the plastics, he thinks sumthin jus went wrong in the motor, like a bent valve or broken rod or sumthin, i hope its not that serious

Well let us know man!

Dude that sucks...

hopes its not the tranny