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Originally Posted by Timon
I would not recommend that engine to anyone after the issues my brother had.
He owns a 2003 Spec V, which rolled over to 9x,xxx miles and the engine blew 2 rods out the block; the company he got the new engine from wouldn't even take it as a core. The reason behind it was the fuel injectors have issues, and were never recalled. They basically hosed gasoline on top of the cylinder heads. This gasoline pooled up... eventually it detonated on him when he started it and blew up.
The engine was replaced in a matter of a few hours worth of work, (by a very good mechanic - it took him 1 & 1/2 hours to drop his old engine and tranny) but that wasn't the end of it. The replacement engine ran a whole 10 seconds before it vapor locked and skipped a tooth on the timing chain.
In simple words... I wouldn't recommend this engine, but this is just my  . |
I have an 03.. butterfly valve screw blew through my engine at 7,000 or was it 11,000. Anyway, I got a new engine at 43,000 right before my warranty ran out. Screws are now locktited from when they put a new intake manifold on after the screw blew through. I had numerous other problems, but none that left me stranded. For example, fuel pump was causing the car to take on average 6 cranks to start the car, new radiator b/c they coudn't find how I was getting dried up coolant spewing on over my rad, new rad cap, new radio, new front CV joints, New steering rack, new intake manifold, new engine, and I"m sure there are more including the recalls.
Now, I have a lot of newer parts on my car, and no car payment. Hopefully, I won't have anymore major problems.
I never heard of the fuel injector problem. I'm not really worried about it. I know the butterfly valve screws should have definetly been a recall.