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Looks like my engine won't make it to 300k miles after all..
Posted by Aaron Gilbert [Email] (more from Aaron Gilbert) on Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:40:38
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Rats! Was hoping it would. Ah well no biggie. I was in the shop today and had the owner listen to my engine, and he confirmed that the noise I was hearing, was indeed what I thought it was (but prayed it wasn't). That being, rod/bearing knock. Ouch.
The good news is, he says it will probably go another year or year and a half before it absolutely needs replacing, and he said it's not going to just blow up all of a sudden, that the knocking would get much much worse before that happened. More good news is that it means I won't have to spend any more money on this engine! Don't need to have all the lifters replaced, or the broken stud on the exhaust manifold replaced, or hunt down and eliminate all the niggling oil leaks or high oil consumption (about a quart and a half between changes). So, it's not all bad..
Even more good news is he's got a low mileage used engine from a '90 9000T that he said he'd put my name on and keep in the back for whenever I decide to get it put in. Very rushed and rough estimate was about $1500 out the door, which sounds like a pretty good deal to me. What do you guys think about the price? Seems decent to me, and certainly worth it. I've spent more than that on my performance upgrades just in the past six months...
Oh and his estimate of the remaining life of this engine even included the fact that I'm running 15-16 psi..
Aaron Gilbert
1987 9000T 255k miles
Posts in this Thread:
- Looks like my engine won't make it to 300k miles after all.., Aaron Gilbert, Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:40:38 <-- Viewing This Message
- SHEEIT man! you and your car are my inspiration!, KL, Wed, 2 May 2001 11:56:35
- Word of warning, QuasiMotor, Tue, 1 May 2001 16:11:53
- Bummer..., Paul R, Tue, 1 May 2001 12:22:48
- Sounds like a good price to me., Jim in CT, Tue, 1 May 2001 06:59:27
- Damn, I'm really sorry..., Craig, Tue, 1 May 2001 01:09:52
- Re: Looks like my engine won't make it to 300k miles after all.., Mr.SPG, Tue, 1 May 2001 00:03:17
- Awww...., Matt H, Tue, 1 May 2001 00:02:27
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