[Shotimes] Overheated car

[Kirk Doucette]

(are cheap) :)

Kirk J Doucette
NESHOC President
Stormtrooper-97 White

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Paul Nimz
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 1:39 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Overheated car

Oil and a filter is cheap.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message -----
From: "Midwest SHO Specialists" <SHOtimes@midwestsho.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 11:18 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Overheated car


> I picked up a SHO for my personal use as a winter car.  It is a 93' ATX
Red/
> black in pretty much like new condition.  The catch is that the motor was
> overheated.  The heater core hose sheered and the owner didn't know that
and
> proceeded to drive the car.
>
> Long story short, it wouldn't idle well and ran like it was on 5
cylinders.
> Yesterday I pulled the intake and replaced the plugs and wires and fixed
the
> coolant hose.  So I filled it up, let it bleed the air for awhile and took
it
> out.  It runs a lot better.  It pulls as much as it ever did.  The only
> problem is a slight knock.  It happens under load as well as under no
load.
> The oil pressure is fine though and it almost sounds like it's a top end
> noise, although it is more of a solid noise than an upper end typically
> makes.
>
> I guess, before I delve deeper into trying to save this engine, I'm
curious if
> the extended overheating could have possibly broken down the oil and my
fix
> might be as simple as an oil change.  As far as the head gasket goes, the
car
> doesn't seem to be burning coolant, the oil is very clean on the dipstick
with
> no foaminess or discoloration, and the motor feels like it's running on
all 6
> cylinders.
>
> Any thoughts or experience here, keeping in mind that this is only the
winter
> beater. :-)
>
> Mike Kopstain
> Midwest SHO Specialists
> 827 North Chestnut Avenue
> Arlington Heights, IL 60004
> www.MidwestSHO.com
> Sales@midwestsho.com
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