Hello all,
I sure could use some advice here. I have a 2001 GT (5spd) that I have owned since new. It is my daily driver with no mods. The car had been making a little noise (clacking), but I thought that it was an air conditioning clutch that was missing some of the rubber. Well, yesterday as I was driving home from work, the car started clacking harder, and it stalled when I came up to a traffic light. After about 5 minutes, the car started up again and I headed straight to my mechanic (family friend and very reputable). On the way to the mechanic, it stalled again and after about 5 minutes it started up again. I noticed that the oil press fluxed, and went down to zero and came back up.
I finally got the car to the mechanic and he took the belt off and I started it up again and it was still clacking and the oil presure fluxed. He said that it was internal and he would look at it a little closer today.
My mechanic called me today and told me that he put an oil presure gauge on the engine, and the oil pressure was low and fluxing, and that looking at the oil, it had a gray/silver look to it. He said that he thought that I had internal failure, and I would probably need a new engine. He quoted me about 6k with a long block installed with a new clutch presure plate and throw out bearing.
Frankly, I don't have 6K to put in an engine and was wondering the best way to go. Should I get a salvage engine or what... Any thoughts, comments, or ideas, are welcome. Please help me.
Dale from San Antonio, Texas
I sure could use some advice here. I have a 2001 GT (5spd) that I have owned since new. It is my daily driver with no mods. The car had been making a little noise (clacking), but I thought that it was an air conditioning clutch that was missing some of the rubber. Well, yesterday as I was driving home from work, the car started clacking harder, and it stalled when I came up to a traffic light. After about 5 minutes, the car started up again and I headed straight to my mechanic (family friend and very reputable). On the way to the mechanic, it stalled again and after about 5 minutes it started up again. I noticed that the oil press fluxed, and went down to zero and came back up.
I finally got the car to the mechanic and he took the belt off and I started it up again and it was still clacking and the oil presure fluxed. He said that it was internal and he would look at it a little closer today.
My mechanic called me today and told me that he put an oil presure gauge on the engine, and the oil pressure was low and fluxing, and that looking at the oil, it had a gray/silver look to it. He said that he thought that I had internal failure, and I would probably need a new engine. He quoted me about 6k with a long block installed with a new clutch presure plate and throw out bearing.
Frankly, I don't have 6K to put in an engine and was wondering the best way to go. Should I get a salvage engine or what... Any thoughts, comments, or ideas, are welcome. Please help me.
Dale from San Antonio, Texas