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Hi guys, popped a heater hose off while driving didn't know. Temp gauge was fine. Car stalled on the highway and now it won't start.

The car still cranks, but won't fire. It's getting fuel and spark too. What could it be? Any help would be awesome!

Motor is RB25DET S2

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yeah sadly you need fuel, ignition AND compression....you can try a compression test but I think you will get bad news if it doesn't start; particularly if it turns over very easily/quickly

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As others have said, temp gauge will show half way until at least 105C. Once it starts heading north of half way by a bee's dick you are already in the danger zone.

Also, guess what a WATER temp sensor needs? Water!! If you pissed all the water out and weren't pumping anything around, who knows what the sensor was reading. If you had no water in the block I'm sure it's cooked, the top of motor wouldn't have had any cooling until it lost compression and stalled.

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