On Tue, February 21, 2006 10:47 pm, Terrible Tom wrote:
>
> I suspect the timing belt slipped a couple teeth - sounds likt the
> piston is whacking the valves... either that or the rod bearings blew -
> - but the engine is shaking like hell.. and there are misfire codes.
>
> Pretty sure the thing is toasted. It started this just before I got to
> work. Luckily not in the middle of the 36 mile drive. Had my mother
> drive up with a Uhaul dolly and I towed the 'sombich home. Car cost me
> $1400 , gonna cost me another $400 for a used engine... I can't afford
> to have someone install it... so i have to do it myself.. and its a pain
> in the freaking ass to change these engines...
Yikes. Have you gone over everything yet? If pistons did hit valves,
depending on damage, you might be able to swap a different head on there and
run that. Of course if you've got dimples in pistons that's not an option.
> Im very not happy. This is how I started my day, and it went downhill
> from there... one of the worst freaking days I have ever had. I did
> about 75% of the invoicing today - phones were non stop... we're severly
> short handed...
Good luck Tom.
> And I havn't even got and damned beer tonight...
*passes beer*
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