I started it yesterday, heard a bang, like a backfire from the engine area, and now my car sounds like the flubber machine. The engine shakes back and forth such that the whole car shakes and when I turn the car off I can hear a noise coming from the engine area that sounds like pressure escaping.

Any ideas?

3/15/2007 9:10:33 AM

bahaha "flubber machine". i think my E30 has that problemtoo

3/15/2007 9:13:42 AM

sounds like what happened to my car when i blew the head gasket.

3/15/2007 9:25:03 AM

^how much did the repair run?

3/15/2007 10:00:12 AM

YEAR MAKE MODEL DAMMIT

3/15/2007 10:14:30 AM

Mazda Protege '99

3/15/2007 10:16:22 AM

sounds like the distributor chain and valve guide bearings are shot. common problem with the proteges. parts might be like $200, labor another $100. good luck.

3/15/2007 10:19:54 AM

^what the fuck

3/15/2007 10:36:11 AM

theres a lot of possibilities, hell it may have even thrown a rod, from that description, there's only about 47 things i can think of right off the top of my head

3/15/2007 1:03:14 PM

Turns out a spark plug exploded into the engine. $2K in repairs.

3/15/2007 2:03:56 PM

bhwhah new car time. oh the old sable i miss i miss

3/15/2007 2:04:37 PM

ITS TIME FOR THE PERCOLATER

3/15/2007 7:08:11 PM

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"distributor chain and valve guide bearings are shot"

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3/15/2007 7:33:36 PM

Quote :

"Turns out a spark plug exploded into the engine. $2K in repairs."

That sounds like a bunch of assfaggotry malarkey right there.

Sure a plug blowing out of an engine might cost that much...if they took the whole goddamn engine apart to fix it. Or maybe 2/3 of that if they just yanked the head.

Somebody got fucked without gettin' a kiss...

Seriously, on a car that age, I would have shot a Helicoil in there with the head still on...provided I could get the tap in the hole far enough and I could get the insert tool in there properly. I'd have greased the hell out of the tap and made multiple trips.

3/15/2007 7:40:47 PM

sounds like the turbo thust propulsion meter needs adjusting

3/15/2007 9:28:49 PM

yes

3/15/2007 9:29:57 PM

I was thinking it was the headlamp fluid was getting low!

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3/15/2007 9:34:45 PM

^Blinker fluid

3/16/2007 5:25:16 AM

helicoil ftw, $12 tops, $20 if you need to replace the valve cover gasket too

3/16/2007 8:38:27 AM