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Old 05-10-2007, 08:36 PM   #1
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Default Holden Barina Question..

I know I know... Not a ford.. But hear me out.

A good friend of mine is a single mother of 3, who is working 50 hours a week just to support her family.

The other day I had to lend her a car as she had unfortunately overheated her Holden Barina (2002) model, and it will now not start. It cranks over endlessly, and does not even kick.

She did not overheat it to the point where it siezed, but it now seems to be cranking over with a bit more speed (Maybe indicating no compression :(). The story is that she was driving along and then it stalled, upon realizing her temp gauge was through the roof (Happens to the best of us..., Especially in a new car, always serviced).

The wierd thing is, that when cranking a beeping noise is coming from somewhere within the engine bay/dash, maybe indicating some sort of shut off mechanism or similar?

Question is, do these cars have some sort of overheating shut off or similar?

Or, since its not starting, can anyone suggest anything else to look at other than a compression test? (I am going to do that tomorrow morning)

Unfortunately Warranty ran out 2005... so no luck there :(

Cheers guys..

PS, if mods believe there is a better forum for this, I apologize.

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