NEED ADVICE

[ptorican-king]

Well people its been a while since i posted keep getting deployed but im back and got some major problems on my way back to germany from france my car started making a wierd noise in the engine it sounds kinda when a car its running low on oil but the oil level is good. after taking the car to the mechanic this morning i was told that the crank bearings might be my problem and that the sparkplug coils are also bad. my problem is i only owe 4k on the car its good 98k miles on it, if the problem its not the crank bearings and its a major engine problem i dont think its worth fixing it specially since im gettin ready to separate from the military and im trying to save as much as possible. any advice u guys and gals can give would be really appreciated im out of chices either i can fixed it w/ about 1k or i might have to junk it.


PS its a 99 SLE

thanks
LUIS

[Solarafreek]

98k is nothing..get a 2nd opinion, and do what you got to do.

[Jai_Jai_Binks]

get a quote for the work and then get a second opinion (with a quote). Whats working against you is that you owe on this car. HAd this been a free and clear car, you would be thinking otherwise

[ptorican-king]

if it would be paid off i think i would do bout anything to keep it. But since i owe on it, this puts me on a diferent sheet of music. Specially if i got to rebuilt the engine

[PXLpainter]

Question is, can you sell it as-is for what you owe on it? Trade it in or ???

[anttarz]

did u do a 90k tune-up?

[Sentinel]

If it's crank bearings: it might be a sludge problem: Take it to a dealer and see what they say. Worst case scenareo they charge you $100 or whatever to tell you it's your fault...

You might get new eve3rything for free, though. I got bearings, rings and a timing belt for my sludge problem. De Gratis!

[MCOjerry]

You shipped your car to Europe?

[aleki2424]

Thats cool. might be besides the topic, but its cool to know that u had one in Europe. awesome.

[ptorican-king]

no i bought my car here in germany from another american, but believe it or not there alot of them out here,

and yes 90k maintenance was done



LUIS

[ptorican-king]

well heres an update, mechanic says it looks like it is the "connecting rod bearings". can any body give me any input on this, what exactly am i lookin at, how bad is it and if i fix it is there potential for other parts to be damage in the future from this, like i said in the beggining i love my lara but if this is going to cause a chain reaction and keep breaking parts i might as well sell it. any advice will be appreciated.


LUIS