Tuesday, August 12th, 2025 AT 5:21 AM
I have a 2003 Chrysler PT cruiser turbo charged with a 2.4 L engine originally I had an issue not necessarily with overheating, but after I went to go help somebody there was a Right with a rock in the area I was at and I hit that rock and it damaged the radiator petcock housing which I was unaware of at the time and then I was able to reach out to someone. I knew that had a jack and when I put the car up, I saw that the radiator petcock housing had been damaged but prior to noticing that I had still continue to drive it for about an hour and while driving, I had been going probably about 50 or 60 miles an hour on a road because that’s the speed limit where I was at and then my car started making like a weird noise on the outside. I don’t know what it was but someone else heard it that was with me. It was like a rattling noise, and then as I was slowing down due to reduction of the speed limit, I lost all power and my oil light went on and then I called somebody to have them come pull me and tell me to the nearest gas station so I could figure out what the issue was and I was able to figure it out because the individual who bought me the car had a 2 ton car jack and we put it on that jack and I saw that the petcock housing was busted and so we replaced the radiator cause that was the only way to replace the petcock housing cause it’s attached however, after replacing the radiator, it still would not turn over at cranks, but does not start and I have tried everything that are common problems for a crank, but no start with an overheat issue. I have fuel pressure my fuel pump relay is not bad. I checked the starter. It’s not that I’ve went through every process and the only two things I can think of that could be the problem from alternate reading through the site is either blown head gasket or a crankshaft position sensor and camshaft position sensor issue and those are the only two things I can think of that are an issue, but I can’t tell for sure because I don’t have the tools that I need to figure that out so I was hoping that maybe someone can give me a more definitive answer on what they might think it is with the information given

