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Old 10-20-2010, 09:01 AM   #26
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Okay, turns out I'm lucky. It wasn't a crank walk, but apprently the timing belt that I got scammed on a few months back was done all wrong and pretty much ruined the entire car. I was told 800 to fix it and get a new headgasket. So I'm going to get it fixed so its running good again. Then I'm going to sell it and hopefully upgrade to a GSR
Cause my choices are now either junk it or fix it
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how was a timing belt done wrong to cause a head gasket failure? did you check your oil and oil cap to see any chocolate milk mixture? a timing belt either is set on the wrong timing or it snaps. If it was on the wrong setting you would notice the way it runs, and if it snapped then most likely you would have a dead engine. Although $800 for a headgasket job seems more than reasonable i would recommend a second opinion from another mechanic. It could be say something like a crankshaft position sensor.
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Old 10-20-2010, 09:02 AM   #27
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I was told the timing belt was done the opposite way. And he beat up my pulleys causing my bearings to break. Apprently it was causing my car to overheat all this time.
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