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 Apr 7, 2005 - 7:18 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Nov 26, '03 From Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%)  |
Yea, so I got a new engine in my car. I was driving one night back home from work, when all of a sudden i hear this clanking noise, and it got louder and louder. The car tried to die on me a couple of times, but it remained strong w/ me only goin 35 down the highway lol. So when I got home, my engine completely died. The next morning when my dad took a look at it, there was oil all over the bottom hood protectant and the oil lid was lying on my engine strut. He told me I forgot to put on my oil cap lol, so the engine just sprayed all the oil out i guess. Anyway, he said one of his friends would do a swap for cheap and would even get new hoses and a new clutch for me all for 1900 bux. The engine that we got had about 70k miles on it for 650 bux. It was the best bad thing that could happen. So now we're doin a complete rebuild on the car. So since the car has a new engine, hoses, clutch, and gas struts, it easily has a 4000 dollar value now. The rest I'm paying for on my own. Gotta get it realigned, new brake pads *brakes rotated if necessary* and 2 new tires, cuz my old back struts cupped my tires and ruined the inside of them. After that, I'm buying exhaust, and gonna try to find jdm tails.
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Apr 7, 2005 - 8:47 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 20, '02 From Chicago to Boston and back to Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Congrats on your misfortune
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Apr 8, 2005 - 12:59 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '03 From Vancouver, Canada! Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
glad you are getting a new engine.... dont forget the oil cap this time
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Apr 8, 2005 - 1:08 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 16, '05 From south carolina Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
sometimes good **** comes from bad ****.. congrats i guess?
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Apr 8, 2005 - 8:11 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 9, '04 From Chicago IL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
ever hear of an oil light? Its supposed to go off when the oil pressure gets to low. Anyway good luck with the new engine.
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 Apr 8, 2005 - 9:07 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 21, '04 From New York City Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
 well at least something good came out from the misfortune. good luck.
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Apr 8, 2005 - 11:33 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 1, '05 From Charlotte NC Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
QUOTE(junhus69 @ Apr 8, 2005 - 8:11 AM) ever hear of an oil light? Its supposed to go off when the oil pressure gets to low. Anyway good luck with the new engine. [right][snapback]268266[/snapback][/right] damn oil light dosent work in some cases im thinking. i threw a rod in mine because of an oil issue and i never knew it until i heard the rod knocking! the oil light should have come on AGES ago! --------------------  QUOTE (Galcobar @ Oct 15, 2008 - 2:44 AM)  You want power but have no money. That's a problem. Cheap. Reliable. Fast. Pick two. |
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Apr 8, 2005 - 1:03 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 31, '02 From Philadelphia, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
never trust that oil light to tell you whats going on. its set to go off when your have less then 5psi of oil pressure, and by then its too late to save the engine.
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