So the motor is dead.  Oil pours through the engine to the driveway now.  Knocking bearings.  what a mess.  The rest of the car is Ok.  Should I change the 2.2  engine? whats a used engine cost?  any advice or ridicule is appreciated.  SC

So the motor is dead.  Oil pours through the engine to the driveway now.  Knocking bearings.  what a mess.  The rest of the car is Ok.  Should I change the 2.2  engine? whats a used engine cost?  any advice or ridicule is appreciated.  SC

A 4 banger at Pull-A-Part will run you about 120 bucks, plus a core charge of about another 20 if you don't have a junk engine to turn in.

Nope this is my 2nd son.  Kids have been pretty good to cars this year.   

Zen,  do I have to remove the motor at pull a part?

Travis,  I will take you up on it,  if I get a motor,  the car only has 140 k on it.  do you just change engine,  or tranny and engine together?


the worst part is I had to give  him my Super Volvo.   I have to ride in the Saab turbo convertible now.  sc

You have to pull the engine yourself, but they have a big A frame they will move over the car for you.  The one I pulled a few years ago, I used a strap type come-a-long and their A frame to lift it.  Last week I saw them lift an engine and tranny out of a car with their big fork lift.  When I pulled the one I got, they carried it to the checkout on the big lift.

If you can find a good one, it's really not that hard to pull it . . . remember, you are puling it from a junk car.  You don't have to but an engine back in it . . . a lot of stuff can be take loose from the engine with bolt cutters and a hack saw.  It really speeds up the process.  Kyle and I pulled on from a Mazda 323 a few years back . . . it took 45 minutes from start to finish.  The same process took a couple of days on the car I put the engine in.

http://chattanooga.craigslist.org/pts/3500782253.html

here is 92 engine for 300

ok after sitting 2 years  i finally got off the pot.  I thought it was leaking at oil pump but instead.  It is leaking around were this exhaust hanger is.  Does that mean its like a bad oil pan?

More info.  It it pours out when the engine is not moving.   I pour oil in top and it comes out its bottom

Also I can't seem to turn the engine.  Any tips on how to un stuck a engine?

Can you remove the oil pain without pulling the engine?  I've done this on my 96 Passat and on an 88 Mercury Tracer.  If you can pull the pan, you can inspect it for damage and maybe figure out exactly what is causing the leak.  While it's off, you can pull the rod caps and insepct the bearings . . . if the rod bearings are good and it's just locked from sitting, put it back together, pull the spark plugs and fill it with Marvel Mystery Oil . . . let it sit for a day or two and see if you can get it to turn.  If you get it turning, don't force it over in one direction . . . rock it back and forth slowly going a little further each time.  If you can get it turn a complete revolution, fill the crankcase with oil and spin it over the starter  several times . . . put the plugs back in and see what happens.  You never know.  You might get lucky.  Or you may just need to replace the engine.