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First off....Never was i trashing the community nor will i divuldge who i bought it from for the very reasons you all stated. I think you two are overreacting to what i said. I said I wont be buying an engine from anyone. Not anyone on the boards cause everyone here is a con-artist. Obviously cause thats not the case at all. Everyone here is more than a avid car guy from what i can tell. So i dont appreciate you all coming down on me for something i was not conveying in the slightest.
Second...Yes i am aware that the engines in our cars are most of the time bullet proof and never have problems and dont burn oil till the 200.xxx mark. However im also a auto technician that even before the training and schooling would never ever ever run an engine without oil in it. I;ve ran mobil synthetic in from the day i got it. Which by the way looks fine? I figured it would of been at least a little contaminated with fragments. Also the car never ever overheated as the radiator waterpump and all hoses are brand new when i did the swap. The temp needle never even saw half way i dont believe even in the summer. And yes there was always coolant in the system.
Third....The idea of 5xxx being adequate is debateable because for the first 1500-2000 of that was with the auto so the crankwalk i have was not apparent. It was only apparent as soon as the 5spd swap was done.
I also your comments on 160xxx and more should show that 5xxx miles is nothing for these engines and obviously something was not right from the begining. The car never saw a track or dragstrip, never saw nitrous wouldnt ever screw with it, and wasnt driven crazy. I couldnt afford for something like this to happen so thats why i drove it normal. I knew this was gonna happen eventually however was not planning on it so soon.
So dont take what i said in my post's as deragatory or degrading to the board at all. I've been here a long time and learned many valuable things from the board here. Never would i disrespect it. In my opinion though from now on, now that i have the knowlege to i will be rebuilding the engine and anything else that goes wrong. That way when something happens i can say " hey guys i $%*#(@ up when i built my engine and it blew again". I however do not appreciate being basically insulted with the comments about coolant and liquids. If you cant keep these in your car and keep an eye on them to see if you have them you SHOULDNT be driving. My opinion.
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