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Need you guy's's help here. I've found a 93 2.2L 5 speed Cavalier.
It's got 122,000 miles on it and it looks pretty beat up. The clear
coat is all but gone on the trunk lid, roof, and hood. There are a
few dings on the car here and there, a cracked tail light, missing
driver's side front turn signal light assembly, and all 4 tires are
trashed. The motor has not been run in a year or two. The oil
smells like it has some gas in it, the coolant looks ok but is low,
and in general the engine bay looks like it has never been cleaned.
In a nut shell, the car is rough. Now here is the good news. The
guy wants $100 for it. He has already found that one of the fuel
injectors was leaking and was told by the previous owner that it got
hot, and later wouldn't start.
Since I smell fuel in the oil, I would assume that the headgasket is
blown and/or a fuel injector is stuck open. Both of which are
pretty easy jobs to fix by myself in a weekend. Is this car worth
taking a chance on? I'm just looking for basic transportation to
and from work this winter so I don't have to drive my other car in bad
weather. Does it just sound like a headgasket and maybe a new set
of injectors would fix this problem, or what? I realize that an
overheadted motor could mean lots of bad things(cracked block,
warped head, damaged bearings, yadda yadda yadda), but I'm just
trying to get some feedback on this. So, let me know what you
think......
It's got 122,000 miles on it and it looks pretty beat up. The clear
coat is all but gone on the trunk lid, roof, and hood. There are a
few dings on the car here and there, a cracked tail light, missing
driver's side front turn signal light assembly, and all 4 tires are
trashed. The motor has not been run in a year or two. The oil
smells like it has some gas in it, the coolant looks ok but is low,
and in general the engine bay looks like it has never been cleaned.
In a nut shell, the car is rough. Now here is the good news. The
guy wants $100 for it. He has already found that one of the fuel
injectors was leaking and was told by the previous owner that it got
hot, and later wouldn't start.
Since I smell fuel in the oil, I would assume that the headgasket is
blown and/or a fuel injector is stuck open. Both of which are
pretty easy jobs to fix by myself in a weekend. Is this car worth
taking a chance on? I'm just looking for basic transportation to
and from work this winter so I don't have to drive my other car in bad
weather. Does it just sound like a headgasket and maybe a new set
of injectors would fix this problem, or what? I realize that an
overheadted motor could mean lots of bad things(cracked block,
warped head, damaged bearings, yadda yadda yadda), but I'm just
trying to get some feedback on this. So, let me know what you
think......