My water pump just went out again, second time in a year. Last time it went out the car got so hot it overheated and the car died. After about a half hour of cool down time, I could get it started and get home. This most recent time it occured at the track. The car didn't over heat, but the water pump is leaking like a sive. Maybe it's just me, but I don't think a water pump should go bad after one year...
Some guys at the Ford dealer at which I work agree that something ain't right. They said I could have spun a bearing or maybe did some damage to a/some piston rings. They said I should do a long block, when I was planning on doing just H/C/I (since my car also has a blown head gasket).
My dilemma is this, I don't have the money for a long block and I only paid $3000 for the car. Going off the fact that the car has 135,000 miles on it and the previous owner did not care for the vehicle mechanically (he put only BP 93 in w/o adjusting timing and he had two different heat range plugs in the car, and welded the cat-back to the underbosy). Should I just cut my loses and get rid of the car? That is the option I am leaning toward because the car has given me nothing but problems!
Some guys at the Ford dealer at which I work agree that something ain't right. They said I could have spun a bearing or maybe did some damage to a/some piston rings. They said I should do a long block, when I was planning on doing just H/C/I (since my car also has a blown head gasket).
My dilemma is this, I don't have the money for a long block and I only paid $3000 for the car. Going off the fact that the car has 135,000 miles on it and the previous owner did not care for the vehicle mechanically (he put only BP 93 in w/o adjusting timing and he had two different heat range plugs in the car, and welded the cat-back to the underbosy). Should I just cut my loses and get rid of the car? That is the option I am leaning toward because the car has given me nothing but problems!