My Baby Is Dead

96eclipsechick · #1 06-25-2005, 03:36 PM

My Car Died On Me As I Was Driving It. Im Told That The Car Ran A Bearing And It Busted My Water Pump. So The Water Pump Is Broken And I Have A Rod In My Motor. I Have No Idea What To Do The Motor Aint Dead But I Know Its Going To Die Soon So I Dont Know If I Should Buy A New One Or Rebuild It Or Should I Just Get A Water Pump And Stay With The Motor I Got Now. Im Going Crazy My Car Is My Love And Seeing It Parked Is Driving Me Crazy Someone Please Help Me!!!!!!!

FourG63 97GST · #2 06-25-2005, 06:52 PM

sounds like crazy talk, I dont see what the water pump has to do with rods. fyi all engine has rods.
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joemathews · #3 06-26-2005, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by FourG63 97GST

sounds like crazy talk, I dont see what the water pump has to do with rods. fyi all engine has rods.
I'll help but I dont see a question, have a cookie then holla back

My sentiments exactly.

-Josh- · #4 06-26-2005, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 96eclipsechick

My Car Died On Me As I Was Driving It. Im Told That The Car Ran A Bearing And It Busted My Water Pump. So The Water Pump Is Broken And I Have A Rod In My Motor. I Have No Idea What To Do The Motor Aint Dead But I Know Its Going To Die Soon So I Dont Know If I Should Buy A New One Or Rebuild It Or Should I Just Get A Water Pump And Stay With The Motor I Got Now. Im Going Crazy My Car Is My Love And Seeing It Parked Is Driving Me Crazy Someone Please Help Me!!!!!!!

I'm guessing, that since you say you were told it threw a bearing and messed up the water pump it was a cam bearing. And when that happened it must have thrown the timing so far off that it somehow screwed up your water pump and...i'm guessing the detonation from the timing being off might have cause you to throw a rod... Just a guess cause i dont really understand what you wrote. But if that is the case i would just get a new engine and not try to fix that mess.

97_3clipse · #5 06-27-2005, 03:31 PM

to even get off on the right foot we need to know the year, make and model of your car. FWD? AWD? GS-T? GS? RS?

96eclipsechick · #6 06-27-2005, 08:16 PM

ok well my car is a 1996 eclipse gs 2.0 dohc non turbo fwd and my question was what does anyone think i should do but i think i found the answer im going to buy a used motor with 60,000 miles with all the work and all the parts, towing and everything it comes out to 1300 do you guys think its worth it or im i waisting my money??

-Josh- · #7 06-27-2005, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 96eclipsechick

ok well my car is a 1996 eclipse gs 2.0 dohc non turbo fwd and my question was what does anyone think i should do but i think i found the answer im going to buy a used motor with 60,000 miles with all the work and all the parts, towing and everything it comes out to 1300 do you guys think its worth it or im i waisting my money??

A little more detail, do you have the history on everything that's been done to the engine? Is it a turbo or non turbo engine? I'm new to DSM's but it seems like a good enough deal to me.

96eclipsechick · #8 06-27-2005, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Z28Josh

A little more detail, do you have the history on everything that's been done to the engine? Is it a turbo or non turbo engine? I'm new to DSM's but it seems like a good enough deal to me.

No i dont have the history, its non turbo. i know the guy whose working on my car though he always fixes everything that happens to it and hes giving me a three month warranty on the motor. i know thats not a lonf time but i guess it will give me time to get my boys to look at it and see if he did a good job and if everything is ok. although i do trust this people cuz like i said they always do all the work on my car but thanx newayz its nice to know that someone else thinks this is not a bad idea

97_3clipse · #9 06-27-2005, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by 96eclipsechick

used motor with 60,000 miles with all the work and all the parts, towing and everything it comes out to 1300 do you guys think its worth it or im i waisting my money??

well ,that price dose seems about right with all the labor and the motor....i would go for it , if you care nothing about the preformance then what do you have to loose....

Whathits14 · #10 07-09-2005, 05:17 PM

I would get it looked at again if the guy sounds like he doesn't know his shit before checking into a new engine...

Flambaosting · #11 07-09-2005, 07:20 PM

why don't you just save your money a little bit more and buy a turbo eclipse. it might be inconvenient right now not having a car, but when you get that gst/x it would all be worth it. trust.

l_eclipse_l · #12 07-09-2005, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Flambaosting

why don't you just save your money a little bit more and buy a turbo eclipse. it might be inconvenient right now not having a car, but when you get that gst/x it would all be worth it. trust.

Ignore this guy. Spend the $1,300 and have a car that will run and have a lot of life left. She's not interested in owning a fast ass car, she wants something that will start every morning and be reliable. Leave the turbo cars for those who will put them to use.

Whathits14 · #13 07-12-2005, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by FourG63 97GST

fyi all engine has rods.

Rotarys don't have rods

gthompson97 · #14 07-13-2005, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Whathits14

I would get it looked at again if the guy sounds like he doesn't know his shit before checking into a new engine...

i wouldn't say that right off the bat. obviously if it threw a rod, she'll need a motor anyways whether or not the guy said it had anything to do with the water pump or not.

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