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Silver86
10-08-2010, 02:46 PM
a friend of mine toasted the motor in her cruiser (timing belt went). so... does anyone have one for sale or know where she could get one for fairly cheap? the car is pretty new (for her) and she just got the loan refinanced... lol what luck.

Prince Valiant
10-08-2010, 05:43 PM
www.car-part.com

srt4eh
10-08-2010, 08:42 PM
turbo or not?

Silver86
10-08-2010, 11:39 PM
turbo or not?

non

spooln30
10-09-2010, 12:08 AM
I know these engines are interference engines but why not try putting a t belt on. You don't have to put it all back together right away if it works the finish it up. At my shop any interference engines that have broken t belts, we tell our customers that there may be internal damage. Most don't want to spend the cash to pull the head and opt to just slap a belt and hope for the best. And I'll tell you I've had success and a lot of them were totally fine.
I also know that replacing t belts on pt's and neons are a pain in the ass due to the bracket with the long bolts.

Silver86
10-09-2010, 07:49 AM
I know these engines are interference engines but why not try putting a t belt on. You don't have to put it all back together right away if it works the finish it up. At my shop any interference engines that have broken t belts, we tell our customers that there may be internal damage. Most don't want to spend the cash to pull the head and opt to just slap a belt and hope for the best. And I'll tell you I've had success and a lot of them were totally fine.
I also know that replacing t belts on pt's and neons are a pain in the ass due to the bracket with the long bolts.


asked her about having that done... see sounded uninterested.

srt4eh
10-10-2010, 12:44 PM
I also know that replacing t belts on pt's and neons are a pain in the ass due to the bracket with the long bolts.

QFT

Perhaps look on some PT Cruiser forums for some engines for sale.

Prince Valiant
10-10-2010, 12:57 PM
http://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi

cheapest on the 4th page come in around 500-ish.

spooln30
10-10-2010, 06:28 PM
QFT

Perhaps look on some PT Cruiser forums for some engines for sale.


What is QFT?

STANMAN
10-10-2010, 08:09 PM
What is QFT?

Quoted For Truth.

That_Guy
10-10-2010, 08:14 PM
B&m in waukesha..

SLOWC5
10-11-2010, 07:04 AM
LKQ SMARTPARTS. That is where we get most of our engines.

Bruno's auto also has good prices

Jeff

Silver86
10-11-2010, 09:25 AM
nevermind guys... looks like she didnt want to wait and save some cash... shes now paying 4x the price... whatever.

Ricky Bobby
10-18-2010, 04:39 PM
nevermind guys... looks like she didnt want to wait and save some cash... shes now paying 4x the price... whatever.

typical female :rolf

Silver86
10-18-2010, 05:21 PM
typical female :rolf

no kidding...

she spent almost $4k and it still isnt totally fixed yet.

Moparjim
10-19-2010, 04:25 PM
Jesus you weren't kidding. I could have done it for half that or so with a reman, less with a used motor.

77thor
10-20-2010, 08:38 AM
She should have gotten rid of the cruiser and bought something else.

Silver86
10-20-2010, 10:06 AM
She should have gotten rid of the cruiser and bought something else.


shes still paying for the car... and on top of that... she bought it at the beginning of summer... lol

i pretty sure shes put more money into this repair than what the car is worth at this point.

Moparjim
10-20-2010, 12:33 PM
Sucks. Sounds like its her fault totally though, you have to do the timing belt when its due lol.

I have several of em, one has like 180K on it and both of mine have proven to be pretty reliable, I haven't had to do anything to them that I would consider outside normal maintenance. The 180K one is still on the original clutch even...