Comments | polyfrog: Cars, and how they are not running.

polyfrog

Cars, and how they are not running.

Oct 21, 2008 22:02

So Sunday I rode my moped down to where the car is and tried again to start it. No luck.
So I pushed it into a parking spot where it would not be towed on Monday. Which is in front of two auto repair shops (yes indeed, there are THREE repair places on that block).

This evening I met up with phuphuphnik, and we went to take a look. We determined that it ( Read more... )

87, 85, car, money

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davehogg October 22 2008, 04:05:14 UTC

He says it needs a new timing belt and hopefully not a new head as well. (when the timing belt goes, it can shred the head if the engine is not carefully designed to be "non-interfering". I think mine is in fact carefully designed, but I'm not positive.)

The reason I have a 2002 Saturn is that my 1995 Saturn blew the timing belt and shredded everything in range. The repairs would have been close to $3000.

polyfrog October 22 2008, 04:16:23 UTC

Just so, yes.
If the engine is shredded, This car is basically just a holder of parts for the other one.

strawberry83 October 22 2008, 13:53:48 UTC

Eeep. Sounds like the situation we were in with Paco before we bailed and got the new car (but I know you don't wanna do that).
We're sending you good car karma.

lynnal October 31 2008, 20:28:55 UTC

My sympathy on your car woes. I hope you find a good solution ( ... )

polyfrog November 1 2008, 21:13:48 UTC

"...another $1000+. (hmmm, I wonder why your estimate for that is so much lower than mine?)"

Well to start with, my $100 is for the part (which may be on the low end of how much such things cost). We'd be installing it ourselves, and it's completely missing now. Depending on how annoyingly your car is arranged, I can see it costing a fair bit to get your old one out an a new one in.