 My Blown motor, and my friend's "explanation" |
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 Feb 5, 2007 - 7:58 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Jan 21, '07 From ohio Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Ok i'm new to the boards and i thought i'd share my story. ANYWAY, recently i bought a full turbo kit for my N/A 1991 MR2 with 115k miles on it. Engine was in perfect working condition. I didn't have the time or the tools or the garage space to do the kit myself so my friend offered. He had the time tools and garage space. So i said ok. ok now i'm rambling long story short after two days of having my nice 7psi of boost my engine siezes. So naturally i'm pissed. After leaving my car on the side of the road for a day, a friend from work and myself tow the car to my work, put a wrench on the crank and nothin, thats when i see oil all over the oil pan where the gasket SHOULD be. So i call him and tell him that oil is leaking from the oil pan. He says its because my turbo was crushing my oil filter, (my turbo was pushing my oil filter down about a quarter of an inch but no oil was leaking anywhere near it) the oil pressure wasn't correct in the engine causing the oil to spew out of the oil pan. that didn't make sense to me so i asked him how he sealed the oil pan. he put NO gasket on it, he used JUST permatex, no not oil resistant permatex, high temp. he also used 2 bottles of permatex to "help" seal it, and he only let it cure for about 1 minute before adding oil and starting it. so basically his $5 mistake is costing me $6k. my question; does his explantion make any sense to anyone?
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Feb 6, 2007 - 12:34 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 27, '04 Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
wow man.. .sorry ...
-------------------- ~Daniel~ No Longer Celica Owner.. moved on to a 03 WRX-EJ207
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Feb 6, 2007 - 1:02 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 22, '03 From NOVA Currently Offline Reputation: 16 (100%) |
wow that sux
i use RED RTV for my oil pan and it did great  but it needs to cure for a nice long time before ripping into it and all... and you don't need 2 whole bottles...sounds like your boy didn't know what he's doing and owes u a motor |
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Feb 6, 2007 - 1:10 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 21, '07 From ohio Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yeah. and when i politely asked him to help pay he told me to fu ck off
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Feb 6, 2007 - 9:02 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 22, '03 From NOVA Currently Offline Reputation: 16 (100%) |
I have a 3 letter word for you
SUE that sucker This post has been edited by playr158: Feb 6, 2007 - 9:02 AM |
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Feb 6, 2007 - 9:25 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 25, '06 From Box Elder, South Dakota Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
wow, that sucks..........SUE TAT FOOL!!!!!!!
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Feb 6, 2007 - 10:27 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 5, '03 From South TX. Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Did you pay him to do it? cuz if you did, THEN you could ask him to pay for it. If he did it for free then dont bother. find a nice 5sfe, i saw one on here for sale with only 85K miles.
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Feb 6, 2007 - 10:44 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 18, '06 From NB, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
So what happened...all the oil came out of the engine from between the oil pan and the block?
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Feb 6, 2007 - 2:09 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jun 1, '03 From WV Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
QUOTE(95celgt @ Feb 6, 2007 - 10:27 AM) [snapback]524355[/snapback] Did you pay him to do it? cuz if you did, THEN you could ask him to pay for it. If he did it for free then dont bother. find a nice 5sfe, i saw one on here for sale with only 85K miles. I agree. You're better off trying to find a new OBD1 motor to drop in there and put the turbo on. If your guy was paid, he owes you a motor. If he just did it as a favor, it's debatable depending on how you feel. If he was honestly just negligent in helping, he owes you a motor if he did it for free or not. If he really did try, then you're probably just going to have to get it yourself. It shouldn't cost you over $600 for everything to fix this. Might take him to small claims court if you really think the situation warrants that. -------------------- Live Free, Be Happy
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Feb 6, 2007 - 3:45 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 18, '05 From Lincoln, Ar Currently Offline Reputation: 7 (100%) |
Ur friend tried to help u install a turbo kit. What your saying is that his mistakes Killed ur car? If you paid him to do it then consider getting a new friend. Friends dont charge $ to help out unless they spent some $ on it.
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Feb 6, 2007 - 3:52 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 12, '05 From Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 59 (100%) |
Sorry to hear about your car.
 PM sent about 5sfe for sale close to you.
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Feb 6, 2007 - 10:02 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 21, '07 From ohio Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yeah it sucks guys. but i figured if i'm gonna be putting a new motor in it, i might as well get the 3sgte put in it. so i got that lined up. its gonna cost me $6k but it'll be well worth it. the 6k is for full rear clip and install. so chyea
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