[Shotimes] Overheated car

[Paul Nimz]

Well my oil isn't cheap but my filter is........ :>}

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirk Doucette" <Kirk.doucette@verizon.net>
To: "Paul Nimz" <niks@dlogue.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 2:06 AM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Overheated car


> (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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