As you probably know I picked up a 2001 Grand Am 4cly as a DD and winter car. I got it for real cheap from a buddy because it doesn't run. He said a blown head gasket, but wasn't 100% sure. Also, pretty much every dash light is on.
The goal is to spend as little as possible on this car to get back and running, and be my DD while the Talon becomes a beast. The tires and battery are brand new, which costs more than what I paid for the car. He wanted it gone, so we had a great deal of $250.
This was the car when I got it towed by his brother to my street.
Today I got her to my parents house and diagnosed the problems. Crazy amount of coolant was mixed with the oil... blown head gasket. So I started tearing her down.
And the motor.
This all this with no books and just the help of my bro. I got pretty much everything off of this thing, minus the timing chain. I need to rent a pulley puller and get that all squared away, then the head will pop right off. Going to order all my stuff tonight and see how to all turns out.
This is a budget build, so will update with total amount spent.
Total spent so far on car:
$250.00