Guest Anonymous Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 The shop called today. My #4 cylinder has only 20 lbs of pressure and is running very rich. The engine is shot. Ive worked so hard to get to this point. Now all hope is lost. What is cauing this/ head gaskets, right? I need someone to console me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 I thought you were already assuming that it needed a new engine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 I was hoping i could get away with fixing the original engine. Now I need an new engine. I dont have that kind of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl3196 Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Sell it and get something else. If you can afford to pay someone to do the work or can't do it yourself no point in keeping it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TurboSedan Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Sell it and get something else. If you can afford to pay someone to do the work or can't do it yourself no point in keeping it. the 3.4 DOHC engine is for people who work on their own cars; you'd have to be rich to pay a mechanic to do anything to that engine. i'm not talking shit about the 3.4; that's just how it is (i would love to have one). low cylinder pressure could be bad gasket, stuck valve, burnt valve, bad rings...who knows without pulling the head(s) off. good luck with it but i'd unload it before you put any more money into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 I know... They said I could possibly have it rebuilt, but thats going to cost alot of money. I really wanted this. That car had alot of potential to be great. No one would even want it. I think its time I bid the car goodby and try to get along with my melancoly existance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 No one would even want it. I think its time I bid the car goodby and try to get along with my melancoly existance. that plan sounds like a winner...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 You dont understand... No one really understands how much i wanted the car and all the plans I had for it. I guess I'm alone in that department. Its not going to be easy to say goodbye. God I wish I was rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl3196 Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Just learn to fix it then. If you want the car bad enough you would do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Just learn to fix it then. If you want the car bad enough you would do it. no doubt....it's not like you could fuck it up anymore....you said it yourself, the engine is dead.....you couldn't be any worse off after attempting a swap....even if it fails, the car still would need an engine, which is the same spot you are in right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TurboSedan Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 just drop in a temporary 3.1 MPFI while you work on the DOHC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 What kind of engine would a 1993 Cutlass Supreme Sedan have? There is one for sale for $395, "runs great." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 What kind of engine would a 1993 Cutlass Supreme Sedan have? There is one for sale for $395, "runs great." either a 3.1 or a 3.4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannymik Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 What kind of engine would a 1993 Cutlass Supreme Sedan have? There is one for sale for $395, "runs great." either a 3.1 or a 3.4 most likely a 3.1, but those 3.4 sedans are out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White93z34 Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Just learn to fix it then. If you want the car bad enough you would do it. oh i've told him that a billion times over. have they found out whats causeing the low compression? could a blown HG cause it? worst case its burnt vaulves. hell the bottom end should be fine yet. i know several people could get you a new set of 3.4 heads for prety cheep. get them, put em on or pay to have em put on and your golden, do a timing belt while your at it. EDIT: or hows this sound, you buy the parts (heads, timing belt, pulleys, Head gaskets, head bolts, intake gaskets, Dist O ring, cam hold down tools) have the heads checked and planed if needed, pay for my gas, put a roof over my head, and give me food, and i'll swap the heads, fix your oil leak and retime it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 WhiteZ34, You drive a hard baragin. Ive decided that if the petty edition isnt going to happen, I'm getting a 97+ GTP or a c.95 SSEi and no less. Where i will find the money for that is yet to be determined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trep Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 EDIT: or hows this sound, you buy the parts (heads, timing belt, pulleys, Head gaskets, head bolts, intake gaskets, Dist O ring, cam hold down tools) have the heads checked and planed if needed, pay for my gas, put a roof over my head, and give me food, and i'll swap the heads, fix your oil leak and retime it. I know im still new here, but would you be willing to do something like for me? Of course I would need to know how much the parts & stuff would cost me before I would commit to it. My problems aren't as serious as his, but I do have that mysterious oil leak and a coolant leak. It's not an immediate thing on my list as I dont plan to legalize the car til at least March. I know if I take it to a shop, I would get ripped off. Im only asking because im not really mechanically inclined, I only know the basic stuff like changing the oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 where exactly is the GP right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 where exactly is the GP right now? Its still at the shop. They told me I can keep it there until monday to "think things over." The shop is harriman, NY, near the woodbury commons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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