Originally Posted by Magik
$1000!?! For a ring job!! Geezuz...that's insane! There has to be a "backyard" mechanic in your town that would do it for less than half that (with parts)!
I noticed something in your first post...that you are using 10W30...isn't the recommended oil for our car's "5"W30?? It is for mine anyway, a 91 might be different but I don't think so...
Don't we have any members in Colorado that could do the job for her for a couple of bones? Come on guys...lend a lady a hand.
Jason
I really do love you Jason, I think that post was just so nice, and intuitive, and intelligent, and did I mention that I love you?
now about the oil weight...this is what I mean when I say the mechanics I know are idiots, cause I asked several mechanics what weight to use when I bought the car, and all but one mechanic (yes only one) out of about 10 different mechanics told me 10w30 was right. Then one told me 5w30-about a year or more after I got the car. I didn't know who to believe (I know I should've got a manual a blind fold & changed it myself, I couldn't have done much worse than the moron who stripped my pan! but I didn't think about it at the time-hindsight is 20/20). So, again I was led astray...maybe this is why my car needs an engine at 165,000 miles! What problems do you think this is causing for my car (is this why my engine is bad now?) and should I change to 5w30 now or just wait until I get my engine swapped (or whatever I get done with it: rings or engine)? Thanks again Jason for the help!
Christine