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JMJ
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Jun 11, 2008, 2:39 PM
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'99 Camaro Engine DEAD
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We have a 99 camaro with 74,000 on the engine. We had the lifters replaced in May 2008. Just this week the camaro shut down while driving. We had it towed to the shop and they isolated the noise to the back of the engine. Today, they took the pans off and discovered metal shards (?) in the oil and located a piston rod bearing that was shot. Does the lifter replacement have anything to do with the piston rod bearing? I just know know enough about engines or cars to ask my mechanic the right question (i'm just the mom) - we've gone to this shop for years and trust them - but, I don't know if I'm getting a straight answer. Any feedback would be really helpful -
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Tom Greenleaf
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Jun 12, 2008, 6:00 AM
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Re: '99 Camaro Engine DEAD
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Hmmm? Needing the lifters in the first place brings about questions of why? Do you have a good history of the car back to new? Any comments made when lifters were done - like shows lots of sludge?
T
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Jacque
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Jun 12, 2008, 7:11 AM
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Re: '99 Camaro Engine DEAD
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Tom - Thanks for your post. We had the car checked out before we purchased (by our mecahnic) but when they replaced the lifters there was no comment regarding sludge. We purchased the vehicle in Oct 2006 from a local Chevy dealer "used". Unfortunately, I think we purchased a ticking time bomb. This car is the money pit. I don't think we're even going to repair it. Maybe we can sell it to someone as salvage for parts or something. Now, we have to look for yet another used car for my teenage daughter. Ugh - I hate buying cars, especially used.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Jun 12, 2008, 9:46 AM
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Okay - You've done all the right things - buy a Chev at a Chev dealer (dealers don't like to resell junk) had it checked out by your own trusted mechanic it seems and things haven't worked out. "Bad word would go here!" - Happens!
It's a who knows why really now. This type of thing can happen when a first owner perhaps had some problem with oil, oil pressure or even some hard overheating - even if fixed back when some gremlins can lurk unseen or who knows - some engines are possessed from new??
It's a bummer and perhaps with help from your mechanic you can make the right choice now - fix or cut losses now.
Hey - For myself I've owned only used cars. Some with totally unknowns except for what I could find. I've had great luck for the most part and a couple that with everything right would be a pest all along. I wouldn't necessarily give up on used cars but I'd really check out the history as best I could. Just me perhaps but I shy away from lease turns ins, definately former rental cars, which shouldn't matter but folks really seem like the extra care of owning won't be their problem down the road and to some degree they're right!
I'm worried and bet your mechanic is that if one rod bearing did that (and that's bad enough) there's more that only a total tear down of everything would tell.
Good luck with what you decide to do. I don't thing there's any bad intentions going on with this,
T
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