Toyota Camry 2003 overheated on the highway and won’t start after cooling down

Asked by GuruNSH3S Oct 30, 2019 at 06:43 PM about the 2003 Toyota Camry LE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My 2003 Toyota Camry overheated on the highway
and I had drive for a while before I could pull over
safely. Once I did it immediately shut down. I had
no indication the car was overheating from the
dashboard, the temperature gauge in the
dashboard showed the temperature as normal. I
am assuming the thermometer is busted. I only
realized something was wrong after the started
driving weird. I opened the hood and the engine
was smoking. After it cooled down I realized that
there was no coolant left in the container and that
is likely what caused the car to overheat. I let the
car cool down and refilled the coolant and tried
starting and there was no crank or sound from the
engine. Only thing that happened was the belt
started spinning. Is there anything I can do to get
the engine to crank and turn over. I fear the engine
has seized and really hope it hasn’t as I can’t get a
new car right now. Please let me know your
thoughts and if there is anything I can do cheaply
to get the car up and running again.

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lincolnscott49 answered 5 years ago

You stated the belt started spinning . Does that mean the engine was turning over but not starting?

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GuruNSH3S answered 5 years ago

No nothing is happening with the engine. There is no cranking or any sound from the engine when I turn the key. Only thing that happens is the belt next to the engine starts spinning.

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lincolnscott49 answered 5 years ago

Having a hard time understanding " the belt next to the engine starts spinning" What belt that drives what devise ? To check for a seized engine you can try and turn it by hand with the harmonic balancer nut using a socket that fits the nut turning it clockwise. If it does turn the starting problem may be a bad connection to the starter solenoid or the starter has a poor ground to the engine.

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