Q: Crank, no start

asked by on February 09, 2017

I was driving at a low speed, shifted into second gear, my car then gave a slight jolt forward and then my oil meter shot up to full. Thinking I had sliped gear, I really tried to shift into second but when I try to accelerate The car would not travel. I pulled over turned off the car and inspected the alternator belt, still there. When I went to try and start the car up again it would only crank but would not turn over. When I try to crank the car the RPMs do not register.

My car has 160000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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