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Old 02-10-2007, 08:57 PM
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well... i have a spun bearing, REALLY BAD oil leak, my throttle body is thrashed (when in neutral, idle jumps between 1100 and 500), car overheats AND when i cut it off after driving it sounds like something is boiling inside my engine and it last for about a minute.. SO i was wanting to know if i should stop driving it until i get a new motor or should i take the risk of driving it??
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lol ... o **** ... just the sound of it would not make me want to drive it ... if you have another car dive it ... leave your honda alone and wait till you get a new engine ...


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damn.... so i guess its back to takin the bus
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lolol.... yup^ or you will most likely end up stranded
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Hahha holy ****, Why would you want to even think about driving that car.
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i HAVE to!! my moms got 2 cars but she lost the keys to her other one.. and ive got to get to school monday and work tomorrow... if anyone lives in South Florida and has a d16z6 or any motor for sale PLZ let me know
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hardwire that **** man, i rather hardwire my moms car than risk getting stranded.
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im pretty sure he can walk 5 miles, how do i know 5 miles? becuase thats all your car is going to make it wow man will it even start right now? you spun a bearing, and your leaking oil alot of it ......................wow time for a rebuild
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jonknee &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hardwire that **** man, i rather hardwire my moms car than risk getting stranded.</TD></TR></TABLE>\


if its a newer model car he'll wind up fryin the starter
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i put 4 quarts of oil in yesterday at around 4 pm and today before i left for work at like 5pm my Oil light came back on.. so its REALLY REALLY bad
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Come on man!
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sig material anyone?
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just park it and do a swap. In the mean time go to a dealer and get a key cut from the vin of the car with no key and drive it.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Schultzie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just park it and do a swap. In the mean time go to a dealer and get a key cut from the vin of the car with no key and drive it.</TD></TR></TABLE>
thats my same advise. i think you can get d series engine pretty cheap and its a full swap as well. i forgot what site it was where they were around 400-600 i think.
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you cant just bring the vin tho you have to bring your pink slip as well
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