So I was taking out my plenum spacer, Z-tube, and pop charger today so I could get warranty work done, and when I went to start my car it would turn on for a second and make an awful squealing sound and die within a few seconds. It kind of sounds like a belt or pulley but I can't seem to correlate anything I did to a belt or pulley. I had my friend start it so I could try to pinpoint where it's coming from and I can't figure it out. All I know is it is an awful sound and I can't get my car to start.

I'm probably going to remove the upper and lower plenum again tomorrow to see if maybe something fell in but I'm doubtful.
I retraced my steps and cannot figure out what I might have done. Anyone have any words of wisdom? I'm bugging out!

Thanks.

 

Sounds like more warranty work ;P

If you dropped something into the intake, it's way too late to recover.

Did you leave something on a pulley or something? Greasy hand? I dunno. To diagnose requires more info.

 

Why is it too late?

I didn't do anything that I normally don't do with the pulley or anything.

 

It's hard to give more info because I'm not sure at all what went wrong. I simply removed the spacer and changed out the z-tube and pop charger for the stock air box.

 

maybe sounds like vac leak. did you seal your plenum well? when the car turns over how, does rpms seem fine or high?

 

Well...I've always wondered what a seizing engine sounds like. Now I know. Looks like I got one of the infamous engines with major oil consumption. I was taking a look this morning and had the bright idea to check the oil level and lo and behold, empty. Kind of weird that it happened right when I finished removing everything but w/e. It's running fine but I'm worried that I did some damage by trying to start it a few times on no oil.

Anybody know how bad that is? It's obv not good... I'm going to tell Infinity tomorrow that I'm consuming oil and hopefully they'll be able to fix it.