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WootFatigue cac/scrote  9mo ago (image post) 535 thread views #244109

Goddarn am I fricked. I think.

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I keep running into roadblocks and figuring out a way forward - but - how the frick am I going to get everything put back together right?

Anyways, I'm in heck.

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Oh no!! Like you can't fix her car?

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I can get to the point where I can fix the block, the main cause of the issue. The problem is my lack of confidence putting everything back together properly. Although I could always pay for someone to finish it once I get to that point.

The job I'm doing is about $1k in parts and if I was charging, around $4.5k in labor. The thought is to try this fix and see if it works before spending $10k+ on a new engine. So even if I have to pay somebody $2k to finish the job, it's still only 30% of what an engine would cost and skips the 4-8 month waiting list.

I have a full bottle of adderall so my only hang up is how much time I'm spending away from my raccoons. I worry they'll have gone off to mate by the time I get back.

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Surely you can get an engine for less than 10k? I could get an LSX for that money

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That $10k+ includes labor to swap it in. I'm seven hours away from my garage and on a sloping gravel driveway so I'm not in a position to do that kind of work here.

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Fair enough, I don't know what labour costs are like in America but that would definitely be on the steep side over here.

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Why not tow it there? Is it too far away?

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Seven hours away.

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:wow:

Goog luck. I believe in you.

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found the incel

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Buy the engine repair manual. It will have all the assembly steps and torque specs. I'm confident you can do it

Putting the :e: in spookie turkey

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It's all online but the pictures are super compressed and tiny. There isn't a third party purchasable manual available for this generation as far as I could find.

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Did you try searching https://libgen.is ?

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why would you spend 10k on a new engine for some shitbox car?

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Because she just bought the car two months ago and owes $20k on it, and won't be able to get a loan on another car.

If it needs a new engine, my mom will end up buying it for her. What I'm doing is an attempt to not have her have to pay that $10k.

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Darn, how many miles are on it? Year?

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105k. She's the second owner so even if it was less, the 100k mile warranty only applies to the first owner so she'd be screwed anyways.

The icing on the cake is that Kia has a recall on this engine - but only in the Sorrento, not the Sedona. Plus if she was eligible, it would still be a 4 month to year long wait for a new engine and she needs a functioning car in the meantime.

I do have a lead on another possibly free Volvo though, so if I fail she could possibly drive that until we figure something out.

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Well serves her right for spending 20-something-k on a fricking kia with over 100,000 miles. Jesus christ, just get a fricking corolla new for like 23k at that point lmao.

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She restores furniture for a “living” so she needs something she can haul furniture in.

Her previous car was a Kia Borrego and it served her well for 10 years and 275k miles.

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actually impressive on the borrego. i am very partial to the rav 4 l, its my puppy car. i prefer the crv, but the back slopes in like a trapezoid so it sucks for loading/unloading large items. have no idea why some car companies still dont square off the back hatch.

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Honestly peak foid moment buying this shitbox

20k for a car with 100k miles that's lucky to make it to 60k miles, thousands of pieces of information on the internet screaming this that she obviously didn't read

Normally my advice would be to buy an engine out of a wreck on eBay, you can get basically anything for $1200+shipping with 20-90k miles on it running and ready to swap in. Swaps are much easier than rebuilds. On this shitbox it could almost certainly be done in an afternoon and it's basically plug and play.

The problem is that any Kia engine with 30k on the clock has a 50/50 chance of grenading in the next 5k miles lmao

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Is she r-slurred?

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This is a ballsy diy job.

How much experience do you have working on cars?

So far I've learned to change my own oil :gigachad2:

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I've done stuff like replacing alternators, water pumps, etc along with body, electrical, and suspension work. This is my first time actually cracking into the motor - although I've done things like installed new pistons on tractors. The difference is tractors don't have complicated electrical and cooling systems.

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You should do just fine then honestly

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