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AARGH! While driving home from work yesterday my engine went dead. I'm pretty pissed off. It only had 118,800km on it. It was a 1997 Mystique GS with V6/5-spd combo. There was hardly any warning. I've always used Mobil 1 synthetic oil. I was driving along the highway doing 90km/h (56 mph) in 5th gear and all of a sudden there seems to be a noise like marbles coming from the driver's side of the engine, a loss of power and a James Bond blue oil smokescreen coming out the tailpipes blinding everyone behind me. The temp guage read normal, the oil light or check engine lights never came on. I'm told a used engine with less than 50,000km on it is $2300 Cdn. Adding in labour cost and taxes (15%), I'm looking at a $4000 bill. Everything else about the car is mint, but that's about what the car is worth and it's hard to justify putting that kind of money into it. I think I may just tow it home and strip the absolute crap out of it. It's the Emerald Green colour with grey cloth. As far as I can tell the tranny and gearbox are excellent. Any hints or comments?
Kevin in Ottawa, Canada
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First make sure the tranny is OK; then:
3L from a 2001+ Taurus or Sable for about $650 CN and install it yourself in a weekend.
Enjoy.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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maybe you threw a rod and punched a hole in the block?
I would go with the 3L idea as well. They are very abundant, more power, similar MPG and there is tons of info here.
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Originally posted by TourDeForce:
install it yourself in a weekend.
Enjoy.
LMFAO!
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Originally posted by todras:
Originally posted by TourDeForce:
install it yourself in a weekend.
Enjoy.
LMFAO!
You're right, I don't know why I said that. There's some considerable prep work to be done if you want it done right.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Originally posted by todras:
Originally posted by TourDeForce:
install it yourself in a weekend.
Enjoy.
LMFAO!
Heh yeah it'll probably take you a couple weeks and cost a little under 2gs CAD by the time you are done. Still not a bad idea, I've done it to my 96 Mystique, a pre98 Mystique makes a great sleeper. I have a good contact at a local wreckers (in the GTA), PM me if you want his information. If you mention my name he'll give you a discount. If you like your car I say do it, it's got low kilometers. Still pretty surprising that the engine went  Oh BTW if you were planning on having a local shop do it, I say forget it. There are too many little thing that have to be done, you'd probably end up spending over 4gs easy.
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Would it be a 3L Vulcan or Duratec? I assume you mean the Duratec. Would it match up correctly to a manual tranny? As far as I know everything else is fine, including the tranny.
Kevin
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I'm not exactly sure what happened. I should get a diagnosis next week. I managed to find an engine and will have it installed for $1800 Cdn.taxes included.(15%). It also comes with a 1 year/20k warranty. The guy who's installing it for me is good. I trust him. He works on my other 8 cars.
Kevin
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I found out that yes indeed that it was a rod that broke. Another mechanic told me that Ford built the rods by forging metal filings together. Does this sound correct?
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Originally posted by f365gt22:
I found out that yes indeed that it was a rod that broke. Another mechanic told me that Ford built the rods by forging metal filings together. Does this sound correct?
Never talk to that mechanic again.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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