Is this a blown head gasket or much worse? Cracked block or head perhaps? I would think it should be the other way around...I don't want to get rid of her but all the places I called want like 1600 to rebuild or about 2600 for a re-manufactured. Plus the manual trans housing has a crack that I sealed up with JB weld.
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drive it till it dies, until then save up some money for a engine swap.wat? -
Drive it?! Its going to like blow up or something. The rpms wont stay above 1000. As far as an engine swap goes it wouldn't be financially feasible as I only paid 1300 and it had 339000 miles on everything. 2600 hundred would buy a way decent car. I just want an opinion on if its a head gasket or something way worse.Comment
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Get a $200 used engine off of craigs list or somethingwat?Comment
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is there oil in the coolant? or the other way around.. as this could be 2 different problems...Originally posted by f22raptor View Post
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Take the cap off the radiator disable the ignition and have a buddy on the crank the car while you keep an eye on the radiator. If there are bubbles coming from the radiator there is a good chance you blew the head gasket. A compression test would be a good idea right about now. In my opinion the cheapest way out is to get a used engine from www.car-part.com do it your self if possible its awesome to build something with your own two hands. You could get another trans there too.Comment
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just buy JDM engine off tiger or something. They're guaranteed under 500, they might even include a trans.
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oil in the coolant. there was nasty sticky back oil in the radiator overflow and the coolant was super oily.Originally posted by Turbocutlass View PostComment
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oh that doesnt sound good.. you could try taking apart the entire engine, cleaning it, replacing the gaskets, and putting it back together but a new engine would be way easier (and more likely to work)
you can sometimes find old rusted-to-nothing cb7s on craigslist for a couple hundred.. not really driveable but take the engine, and you have a number of other spare parts too
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no one else is commenting on this
seriously? wow dude...Originally posted by f22raptor
you need a new tranny. Never ever use jb weld like this...it's good for fixing plastic pieces like trim that have cracked...but not a crack in a tranny.
How did the tranny get cracked btw?
Since the engine is useless anyway right now...just take the head off...look for a messed up gasket...though with the jb weld trick I don't know if you should do this. Either way and f22 and a tranny will run you about $600 from a jy...I THINK...all the places I called around me want 300-400 for engines...not sure about trannies...200 maybe?Last edited by bcjammerx; 11-20-2009, 01:42 PM.__
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Originally posted by bcjammerx View Post
well i didnt comment on the tranny issue because if im not mistaken he had another thread about it an was told that it wasnt a good idea and probley wouldnt hold up
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Honestly, I think your most cost-effective option considering everything is to get a good used F22ax SOHC motor or similar, swap it in.
Repairing this major engine problem can fix the problem IF done right. However, you will spend more than what you can purchase a good used F22ax SOHC engine for, average of $150-300 from forum members.
The longer you drive the motor in this condition or have already, the more the damage spreads to other components causing secondary failure modes. This will only cause you future problems, EVEN if you fix the primary failure now.Comment
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if you check your oil and see it milky most likely a blown headgasket. plus if u see white smoke out of the exhaust good indication as well.Comment
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is your car burning oil cause thats what mine did too. and also are you over filling your oil??<a href="http://www.ilovebodykits.com">Body Kits</a>Comment
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all very good ideas! I'm weighing my options and considering everything. I haven't drove it once since I realized there was oil in the radiator. At this point I'm just gunna look around and see what I can find. I live down in augusta, ga and parts for these cars are a little harder to come by locally because everyone down here drives american trucks (damn rednecks) or shitty ass american cars.
Yea I know the JB weld is a bad idea but at the time I had no choice, I dont care if its a bad idea, it worked and that all that matters to me. the reason it cracked was because while replacing my oil pan there was like 2 bolts missing out of the transmission mounting bracket and I got different bolts from my honda mechanic who said they would work. the last one I was tightening down cracked the housing, not sure why.Comment
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