kain35m
Torque Junkie
Anyone who doesn't know, I blew up my cobalt a while ago...I took the car to a mechanic that I thought I could trust and he screwed me. Not going to tell the long version of the story.
so..
rebuilt block and head, reinstalled and tuned, then the problems started.
lots of problems...another long story that I won't tell, short version: I have been chasing problems ever since I got the car back from the shady mechanic.
car runs, but always seems like on 3 cylinders
soooo...
I finally went ahead and did a compression test.
#1 0 psi... That's right. Zero.
#2 90 psi holding
#3 130 psi holding
#4 60 psi and dropping
What do you think the problem is?
Already spent a lot of money, keep that in mind when answering the following:
What would you do in this situation?
The cobalt fits me better than pretty much any car I can think of.
but while I make payments on the car, it's almost impossible to save up money to fix it.
I found a block online for about $1500
I can get a used head on the cobalt forum here for about $200-300
Oh, yeah. They decked the block and head, then used stock head gasket thickness. I think I hit a valve(s) during WOT because piston to valve clearance is too low. That's my theory. but I am no expert.
so..
rebuilt block and head, reinstalled and tuned, then the problems started.
lots of problems...another long story that I won't tell, short version: I have been chasing problems ever since I got the car back from the shady mechanic.
car runs, but always seems like on 3 cylinders
soooo...
I finally went ahead and did a compression test.
#1 0 psi... That's right. Zero.
#2 90 psi holding
#3 130 psi holding
#4 60 psi and dropping
What do you think the problem is?
Already spent a lot of money, keep that in mind when answering the following:
What would you do in this situation?
The cobalt fits me better than pretty much any car I can think of.
but while I make payments on the car, it's almost impossible to save up money to fix it.
I found a block online for about $1500
I can get a used head on the cobalt forum here for about $200-300
Oh, yeah. They decked the block and head, then used stock head gasket thickness. I think I hit a valve(s) during WOT because piston to valve clearance is too low. That's my theory. but I am no expert.