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  1. #1 4th engine with rod knock 
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    Yep, this car is a lemon!

    Spent more time in the shop than in my hands

    Below is the personality of my car laughing at me saving up for 3 years for this lemon tree.
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    Used or rebuilt?
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    Quote Originally Posted by matt5112 View Post
    Used or rebuilt?
    rebuilt
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    Then they were not built correctly and it is the machine shops fault.
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    wouldn't it be the car, what could you possibly misdue 4 times over?
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    Re use out of spec parts.
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    and this is your 4th motor? Did you not get some type of warranty?
    Squirrels are my engine. I need a Ford Regal
    04 Comp G.
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    Quote Originally Posted by REDCOMPG View Post
    and this is your 4th motor? Did you not get some type of warranty?
    I do but its gonna keep happening again and again
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    Not if it's done correct!
    Squirrels are my engine. I need a Ford Regal
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    Rebuilding a 3800 when there are so many other cheaper solutions out there?
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    HAHA now im on my 6th or 7th now..
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    lol sounds like a cursed car
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    Quote Originally Posted by locuno1 View Post
    lol sounds like a cursed car
    It was indeed, ended up flipping too.
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    6 or 7 engines?

    I would have been done on the first one.
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    Engines are easy to swap.
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