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About LinkBacksNot all the thermostats will break, there has been very few that have gone, but for $50 you cant go wrong, your clock breaks?
Not all the thermostats will break, there has been very few that have gone, but for $50 you cant go wrong, your clock breaks?
Mine in particular hasn't, but it isn't unheard of. My thermostat housing failed pretty spectacularly (read: in front of my entire school coming back from a football game), hence why I mentioned it. :P
my first car cost $75, it blew white smoke (lots, and lots) out on the highway.. after about 6 months of ownership, i had to slam on my brakes going through the intersection into the school.. (i was passing by going to the minimart before school started) it was 7 am, there was a cop coming the other way, so i hit the brakes instead of going through the red light. the engine and transmission went through the radiator and out the grill. it was literally sitting in the middle of the intersection for 3 hours.
did the cop laugh at you, I would have died laughing
that cop never stopped to help..
i had 3 cop cars and a fire truck there 4 minutes later.
Welcome to the club! If you browse around you'll find out all the problems people have been faced with, and their solutions.
As for the red lining and what not, sometimes it's a good thing to give it a little extra love to the gas pedal... It cleans out a lot of the gunk and build up, any good mechanic will tell you to give it a beating once in a while. As for the timing belt my friend, it's an issue we all fear but some of us are past our due dates on the original belts with no problems while others are having failing belts way early. So here is my advice, have all the belts checked, all the fluids topped up and checked, and since it's a 2004 might as well do the spark plugs and air filter too, oh and oil change. This will have you a clean smooth running car, and it'll take a lot of sweat off your back.
Good luck!
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