Hi all. I have a 1997 GMC P3500 gas engine short bus. I had to get towed to a gas station after the engine quit on 15 North in the mountains.
I am not mechanical.
The bus may have run out of gas. The tow driver added 5 gallons. We tried jumping it. It wouldn’t turn over. Once it tried to but then just “click” and nothing. I fear the engine may be cooked. When I was pulling over the engine cut out. I popped the hood and it sounded like angry boiling. The coolant hose was hot. No fluids were leaking though.
In the past the engine has sometimes not turned over because the belt was under too much tension. With some effort I was able to get the belt to move a smidge and then it would start. I tried getting it to move last night/this am and that was the one time it tried to turn over.
Is anyone in the area who could come look it over for me? The driveshaft is still disconnected in case I need it towed the 150 miles home. It’s my home until the end of June and I have animals so I need to get the bus home one way or another.
Thanks!