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Tiny
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I was driving my Chevy s10 and went too make a right and I went to hit the brakes and the brake was hard an wouldn't go down and the motor sounded lik I tried restarting it it made the sound again and then I shut it off
Monday, January 16th, 2012 AT 4:59 AM

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Tiny
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Brake pedal didn't go down like normal?
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Monday, January 16th, 2012 AT 5:29 AM
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Monday, January 16th, 2012 AT 5:38 AM
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Lost vacuum to booster/booster fail.
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Monday, January 16th, 2012 AT 6:00 AM
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What kind of sound is it?
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Monday, January 16th, 2012 AT 6:02 AM
Tiny
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It sounded like alot of metal being thrown around in the motor but it sounded like as if u were shaking a jar of pennies
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Monday, January 16th, 2012 AT 8:13 AM
Tiny
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Not but I ment or
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Monday, January 16th, 2012 AT 8:16 AM
Tiny
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Best bet is to have local mechanic see whats makin noise? Or have friend start it while you watch to see if you see anything external to engine block being cause of noise.
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Monday, January 16th, 2012 AT 8:25 AM
Tiny
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Brakes are probably fine engine just stalled and you lost vacuum.
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Monday, January 16th, 2012 AT 8:25 AM
Tiny
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The device engine light was on for awhile And we just thought it was the plugs or wires when the light came on
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Monday, January 16th, 2012 AT 5:30 PM

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