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Old 01-26-2005   #37
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Re: Car broke down, after owning it for 1 day

I am not getting in the middle of this, you guys can throw ideas back and forth all day long as to what is wrong and what it will take to fix. I will say this, troubleshooting the problem is easily done by a decent mechanic. Fixing it depends on what all is found. A block that turns over isn't always good. Spun bearings keep oil from reaching inteded areas etc. If you assume the bottom end is good without checking for proper oil flow, spend the money to fix the head and timing belts etc, you are throwing good money after bad. Do not fix anything until you know the extent of the damage and speculating does no one any good. Bad advice is expensive and poor testing procedures can cause additional damage as Peter mentioned. Get a decent mechanic to look at it if you decide you need it fixed, otherwise the car will never end up reliable.
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