lsmakemecry
LVC Member
Ok people...long story shorten....my son killed my baby, stole my truck and took the damn dog...didn't realize how sad all that sounds till now...lol, but he really did...anyway, i don't want to give her up but the engine appears to be shot...next wk I'm going to the hobbie shop on base and pull the motor out (v8 2003).
He was driving her while she was leaking oil into the coolant...situation turned so bad the engine spat out a freez plug due to overheating before anything else happen at a different time...anyway, while driving the motor shuts down and he coast to a parking lot...now this happened during the summer...car sat since then....i now have time to work on it....the plan, pull the engine and see whats going on and try to decide whether or not I rebuild, get a junkyard eng, or new engine...i attempted to start it 2 days ago.. the starter clicked, i felted the motor shift some while engaging the transmission...with my backyard understanding of how all this works, had i not known what he did i would say the problem is the transmission, but i know it's the motor pistons not turning.
I'm posting because after reading 48 different posts I've come to realize there are more then a few things i haven't accounted for like parts are now rare...most of the posts i found are dated yet insightful...i know there is something to that oil in coolant problem that I'm overlooking.
Any....drop some knowledge please about it all, i got this car as a gift to myself when i came back from Iraq so there is a great deal of attachment...i got myself a maximum when I came back from Gulf...passed that off to the 2nd born and he is taking great care of that, so much that he flip the glove box to hold a new radio because i kept the original....any...help me out.
Fyi I do realize that I would have to rebuild the junkyard motor
He was driving her while she was leaking oil into the coolant...situation turned so bad the engine spat out a freez plug due to overheating before anything else happen at a different time...anyway, while driving the motor shuts down and he coast to a parking lot...now this happened during the summer...car sat since then....i now have time to work on it....the plan, pull the engine and see whats going on and try to decide whether or not I rebuild, get a junkyard eng, or new engine...i attempted to start it 2 days ago.. the starter clicked, i felted the motor shift some while engaging the transmission...with my backyard understanding of how all this works, had i not known what he did i would say the problem is the transmission, but i know it's the motor pistons not turning.
I'm posting because after reading 48 different posts I've come to realize there are more then a few things i haven't accounted for like parts are now rare...most of the posts i found are dated yet insightful...i know there is something to that oil in coolant problem that I'm overlooking.
Any....drop some knowledge please about it all, i got this car as a gift to myself when i came back from Iraq so there is a great deal of attachment...i got myself a maximum when I came back from Gulf...passed that off to the 2nd born and he is taking great care of that, so much that he flip the glove box to hold a new radio because i kept the original....any...help me out.
Fyi I do realize that I would have to rebuild the junkyard motor
