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[Cardboardcat15]

Bitch.

I was driving out to school the other day with some friends to buy them lunch, (I Cal attend State San Bernardino, needed to spend my meal plan money) and I notice right at a stoplight before the school my car started sputtering when I accelerated and at Idle. (I drive a 92' Corolla) So park my car, pop the hood everything seems o.k., except for a funky smell. Anyways, my 3 friends end up getting stranded over there, and I call my parents to come pick us up and have my dad take a look at my car. (I didnt have mny tools with me.) Anyways, he popped out one of the spark plugs and we both look down, and see water down in the head. Fuck. So we ended up getting a family friend to let us use his flatbed that he tows his jeep around on to tow the car home. Mechanic looked at it and tells me I got a cracked head. FML.

This is the second time this has happened to this car. The first time this happened 5 years ago before I drove, we just rebuilt the head, but now our mechanic is tellin us it'd just be cheaper and easier to drop a motor thats only got like 40k miles on it.

So now I have to use any money I get as christmas presents (Im only 18) and all the money I have now along with tryin' to sell off what I can of my system to drop a new motor in the car which is gonna run me about $1800.(which I dont have) I wanted to use that money for a new alt .

Oh well, gotta do what ya gotta do I guess.

Sorry, just needed to rant a bit

Edited December 11, 2010 by Cardboardcat15

[Rebel4055]

It's the second time? Is your cooling system working fine?

[Loudcivic]

some vehicles have issues with cracking heads or blowing head gaskets every so many miles. if its gonna cost 1800 bucks to fix it just sell the car for 200 bucks and go find a new car. i would NEVER put that much money into that type of car since its so old. i bet you can find some good deals for 2000 bucks

[Cardboardcat15]

It's the second time? Is your cooling system working fine?

Yeah, cooling system is all good but my coolant was lower than it shouldve been, and last time I did an oil change like 2k miles ago I checked my coolant levels and they were all good. =/

[iamGcast]

Just get you a new ride its not worth putting $1800 in it, you can find some pretty nice rides out there for that much.

[Loudcivic]

fluid levels mean nothing. just say fuck it and get a new car with the money your gonna spend fixing the car you have now.

[nCOMP1337]

yea wouldnt be worth fixing i would think, be better to put money towards a newer car, plenty of cars in late 90s that would be int hat price range

[white4d96]

Whoa whoa whoa.

He doesn't have money to fix this engine so he should buy a new car!?

Think about it.

OP, if you are even semi-mechanically inclined, you could swap the motor yourself for so much less. Talking like less than $300 less. What kind of car is it? If it's a Honda or Toyota you could almost do it in a day. Get some friends and buy them pizza, rent a cherry picker, and go to town on that shit.

[Cardboardcat15]

Wow, I went out to play tennis and I got so many replies! haha thanks for all the input guys, but honestly selling the car is out of the question. It's my grandfathers car that he put in my parents name, and they wont sell the car. They would rather have me save up the money to fix it than buy a used car because we know what this car has been through etc etc. I know it sucks, but until I get my own job that'll pay for a car im stuck. =/

Thank god my winter break started yesterday, I don't have a need to be driving a whole lot.

[rubbernutz1]

ya dude it definately sux big donkey nutz to have that happen this time of year. personally id git me another car to drive and some time down the line fix the other 1 and throw a system from hell in it as your weekend play toy lol. but about ur motor it sounds like the top deck of the engine block isnt completely flat. if they arent then they will blow the shit out of head gaskets then crack heads