3.slow may not be that bad!
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3.slow may not be that bad!
I just remembered this, about 6 months ago when I was working at autozone I had a guy come in with a 94 4runner automatic 150k miles wanting to change his oil.
So I showed him the oil and got him a filter, followed him out to his truck cause he was old and couldnt carry the bags.
Well I stood out there to smoke a cigarette and he started it up, there was a rediculously loud rod knock, I stopped him and asked him how long it had been making that noise, and he told me "about a year and a half," I bout fell down and busted my a$$, I told him what it was and he already knew, he had the money saved up for a new engine and was just waiting for it to blow...so he drove around houston, tx with a rod knock for a year and a half.
So I showed him the oil and got him a filter, followed him out to his truck cause he was old and couldnt carry the bags.
Well I stood out there to smoke a cigarette and he started it up, there was a rediculously loud rod knock, I stopped him and asked him how long it had been making that noise, and he told me "about a year and a half," I bout fell down and busted my a$$, I told him what it was and he already knew, he had the money saved up for a new engine and was just waiting for it to blow...so he drove around houston, tx with a rod knock for a year and a half.
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my dads old 93 had the 3.0...lost #5 somewhere along the line, drove it for almost a year and a half on 5 cylinders to and from work, and hauled alot of firewood. Finally found a dealership that gave him a good trade-in price....on a 98 Ram..I know I know. But the 3.0 was still kickin with 160K on the clock on 5cyls.
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As much as evryone bashes the 3.0, when i blew the rod on my #5 i drove it for about 2 months while i got the money together to get it fixed.... little bit of white smoke in the air. but it went for a while
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