Tell my why the car broke down? 1992 ford taurus 225k miles. How to fix?
We decided to go on a road trip going north from estherville IA to as far north as we could go in Canada, maybe to hudson bay.
The car engine was running rough and putting out lots of blue smoke, and eventually it was running really rough. We eventually had to stop in Le Seur Minnesota and had to do something to fix the old 1992 ford taurus.
We heard about the "motor honey trick" and how it would stop the oil burning. We got a big jug of honey and poured it into the oil, coolant, power steering, transmission, wiper, battery, and brake fluid tanks till all the fluids were brimming full.
The car continued to function much worse, and eventually had to be jump started just to restart the car. The blue smoke got much worse and the engine ran still MUCH ROUGHER. The transmission then got stuck in low gear and the car wouldn't go over 35 mph without redlining the engine. We eventually noticed the car overheating and the engine making TERRIBLE NOISES and then the engine just gave out with a bang at 28th and 82nd near the Mall of America in Minneappolis.
I tried to restart the engine, but the key just goes click and nothing happens.
Added (1). The car is sitting in an intersection and on a passenger and freight railway crossing and the rail line has been called, and police have been called. Three of us sisters are unable to get the car into neutral so it can be pushed because the car has no power so no headlights or blinkers and the shifter is locked. I'm standing on the train track blowing a whistle trying to alert the engineer so they will know to stop. My sister is trying to stop the traffic to protect the car
Added (2). How do we protect the car from being totaled by a bus, truck or train. We won't get anywhere further north for our weeklong road trip if that car won't start again. How will we even get back to estherville? What is one to do in this situation?
Added (3). The cities we planned to see were Mankato, Minneapolis/St Paul, Duluth Hibbing, Grand Rapids. Bemidji, Fargo, Grand Forks, Winnipeg. Thompson, Churchill, Arviat, Rankin Inlet, Chesterfield Inlet and finally as far north as we could go. Could the car be fixed to continue the adventure we had planned?
Troll Alert. None of this could happen even in the worst of the written books.
Car is imaginary. Situation is imaginary. Sisters are imaginary.
Can you tell my why the car broke down?
YES, because it's a 1992 ford taurus 225k miles.
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