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    I think I remember you just getting this car. How did the oil look when you first changed it? Does it look okay now? How is oil pressure? Still not throwing any codes? Any extra smoke or liquid from the exhaust? Have you let the car idle long enough to warm up and get the coolant flowing again? Even compression in all cylinders? Plugs all firing? Did the car shudder and jump when you gave it gas or just bog down?

    Pull of the valve covers and have a look. Maybe a busted spring or lifter failure. Keep an eye out for ANY coolant loss. Could be UIM or LIM gasket failure which caused overheating and fried a bearing.
    No codes, clean oil, and no loss of coolant are good signs that it may be a reasonable fix.
    I have no answers but the experts will probably speak up soon. Good luck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rust View Post
    I think I remember you just getting this car. How did the oil look when you first changed it? Does it look okay now? How is oil pressure? Still not throwing any codes? Any extra smoke or liquid from the exhaust? Have you let the car idle long enough to warm up and get the coolant flowing again? Even compression in all cylinders? Plugs all firing? Did the car shudder and jump when you gave it gas or just bog down?

    Pull of the valve covers and have a look. Maybe a busted spring or lifter failure. Keep an eye out for ANY coolant loss. Could be UIM or LIM gasket failure which caused overheating and fried a bearing.
    No codes, clean oil, and no loss of coolant are good signs that it may be a reasonable fix.
    I have no answers but the experts will probably speak up soon. Good luck.
    thank you for that! yes, i did just get it i've been driving it everyday for a month with no problems. it does leak coolant but its just a tiny spot through the radiator that i will fix later down the road. i didn't run it long this morning i was so scared something would mess up because of how bad it sounds.
    from what i gathered this morning it would still idle up it was just really rough.
    the oil each and every time during and after the LIM change was acceptable and clean. i mean, last night i didn't even let it get hot enough to overheat before i pulled it off the road but it died due to missing pretty bad.
    im really leaning towards a busted spring or lifter failure because it kicked down and the engine roared and as soon as that happened it just went to crap. started heating up and steaming and losing power.
    its not even smoking at all, so does that 100% rule out head gasket?

    ill have my dad check under the valve covers i think thats a good start.
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