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20 years ago
trip when the car seized up
Well, it _could_ be pretty severe depending on what failed. Never the less those prices seem rather inflated, but then you did say it was a dealership :-P I would imagine you could have a lo-mileage used engine installed for around the $1300 mark; check with an independent service facility, or even a local auto parts recycler (junk yard) that deals with Soobies. A Subaru engine swap isn't a horrible chore if you have the appropriate tools and a place to do the work. This is probably a more appropriate approach (as opposed to a partial rebuild) for a car with
100K+ miles on the ticker in any event. Tell us where you are, and perhaps someone can make a recommendation.ByeBye! S.
Steve Jernigan KG0MB Laboratory Manager Microelectronics Research University of Colorado (719) 262-3101
Thanks much for your responses!
It just quit running. he was going 65 mph and all of a sudden it killed and all the accessory lights went on. After he coasted to a stop, he tried once to start it, and it made noise like it was turning over, but it was clear it wouldn't start again so that's when he had it towed.
We verified with the dealer that it does crank, and i'm actually having them do a compression check right now just to make sure the timing didn't miss. any idea what the compression should be here? does 80lbs sound about right? seems like the crux (sp?) of the problem was the over-heating rather than the timing.
Thanks for this. he did say that if the rings were warped, we might have engine knock but if we can live with this, it does no harm.
(From steve)
unfortunately, neither of us are real motor minded and we have been on the fence about the shop that we have been bringing our car to (ie not completely trusted). besides the fact that the car is still an hour's drive from our house. I've gotten a quick and dirty car-overheat-and-the-problems-it-can-cause lesson from a co-worker/auto and plane mechanic this morning which is why i'm talking a bit more intelligently this morning (hopefully?). we are thinking this compression check should tell us whether the engine is still ok?
this from this blurb on the invoice/estimate:
"Water pump seized. bearings in idler pulleys siezed also. engine got hot. damaged plastic. can't run engine to know if any other damage has happened." on the next sheet it says something about the timing belt melting
we are in the twin cities. the car is in st. cloud, MN
thanks for your thoughts and i'd welcome any more :-)
michele
You need to provide a lot more info about what happened when the car died in the driveway and what the dealer is recommending in order to get accurate advice. However, even if the repair bill is $2400, assuming everything else works okay, a '96 OBW with 100K miles is worth about 2-1/2 times that.
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