Well today I rolled my car the thread for that is in the "other" section. The car wasn't running after the rollover, first thing I did was shut off the ignition, but what kind of engine problems can I expect from a rollover like this one, it was hitting a dirt embankment head on at about 20 mph and flipping on to the roof in a ditch.

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Annabelle: 1970 Dodge Dart Hardtop
1991 Nissan 240sx (sileighty) Lots of mods
1974 Dodge Dart *Wrecked*

will it`s carb`d not efi, so it should have stalled and not hurt the bottom end, unless it over rev on it way in the ditch. was there any phyiscal damage to the front of the engine like pulleys bent? i looked at the pictures , nice car hope you can get it back. pray for luck your all right.

I dont really expect any real damage from what you describe,especially since you turned off the engine right when it happened. Just check the level on all the fluids,check all motor/transmission mounts,and check the bellhousing area of the trans for stress cracks. People roll their jeeps/4x4's all the time with no real damage to speak of to the drivetrain.

There was no damage at all to the engine bay from what I could tell, even my aluminum radiator was still intact. It was in the low rpm range when I hit, and it stalled during the roll.

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Annabelle: 1970 Dodge Dart Hardtop
1991 Nissan 240sx (sileighty) Lots of mods
1974 Dodge Dart *Wrecked*

Make sure no dirt got in the air filter housing/carb.

I had 2 buddies in high school who rolled cars and drove them home after checking the oil.

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Wow, sounds like a hairy ride. I would guess no issues if fluids are in the right range. Buddy of mine put his '63 Dart on it's pass side while driving through CO in 2000 on the way to NJ from SoCal. He'd never driven on snow/ice before. Came to rest, climbed out, truck full of hunters pulled up 5 min later, pushed it back on all 4s, checked fluids.... then drove the rest of the way to NJ. Minimal damage to car (bent trim) and the engine never noticed anything.

Lou

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