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Asked by Guru5FWHJ Feb 05, 2018 at 06:27 PM about the 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My boyfriend and I had purchased a 2002
mitsubishi eclipse it is a great car only 75,000
miles on it we were driving it home and all of
sudden we heard sounded like a belt broke and
then boom and the from tires looked up and
started smoking white smoke not black and mind u  
everything was working fine and nothing was
leaking from the car and so anybody have any
ideas what it may be

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BestchoiceautoGuru answered 6 years ago

If the engine won't turn over, most likely you threw a rod or the timing is busted. If the smoke is Light Blue, pretty much threw a rod.

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