Motor Blew about 2 weeks after I bought it.
Everything (well almost) was rebuilt.
-timing chain assembly
-water pump
-head
-head gasket
-1 piston
-crankshaft
-minor parts (some performance parts)
Alternator died.
Blower motor blew.
Vent fan needed replacing.
Crank sensor and ignition module blew.
Coil housing cracked and I replaced it myself from the junkyard.
After spending $3200 CDN on this car, the motor blew on me. Cost me 5500 to fix. Got new exhaust, new intake, new performance cam, and now has 210 hp and 175 lb/ft.
Insanely fast, if revved over 3000 rpm. Takes ANY V6 American cars out there.
Handles awesome, can take a yield at 70k.
The suspension is too rough, and jolts the car a lot.
After the motor rebuild, I've put 15000 k on it, and beat it 1/2 the time I drive it. No problems yet, still runs like a dream.
What did you expect, buying a 10 year old car with high mileage and then beating the hell out of it? Of course it is going to break down!
He means he drove another 15,000 km (Canadian, eh?).
I concur with the first comment.
If you continue to drive a car when it's overheating you'll probably damage the head gasket, the water pump will fail if it runs without water for even a minute, the alternator might get sprayed with water & pack up.
And unless the system is leaking, it was probably caused by a silly wax-type thermostat that fails in the closed position and makes your coolant boil (a part that costs maybe $10-00.)
If your car overheats, stop at the side of the road as soon as you can do so safely.
Let the car cool down (about 1/2 hour)
Carefully remove the radiator cap.
If you want to eliminate the thermostat as possible cause of the problem, remove it, replace thermo housing and top up with coolant, so you can get home. cardoctor999@yahoo.com.
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