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  1. #1 {Update 9-4-12 } I am pretty sure my motor is gone 
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    UPDATE!!!! There was a valve the dropped in the head. Leaking coolant in one of the cylinders, 2 cylinders had no compression. I found this out a few days later. The knocking noise was coming from a rocker in the head. The bottom end of the motor was still flawless. I never fixed the car. I drove it for another 5 thousand miles running that way. When I had the chance I bought a new car. A 2001 Pontiac grand prix gtp. The new car is pretty amazing. It is white with 150,00 miles. I will post pictures of the car today, I bought the car over 1 month ago.

    last night driving home my car tried to stall a few times at a red light and my check engine last was flashing red and at different times yellow. Well normally my check engine light is always on because of my exhaust leak. well anyways I drive another block to get it to a gas station. Well I uploaded a video on there for you guys to see. If you need anymore I will be more than glad to get some.
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    03 grand prix
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    209,000 miles
    last tune up in march
    fresh oil change less than 2000 miles ago
    new radiator 2000 miles ago
    tranny has been going out.
    the only thing done to the car is wheels 18's on a 245/45 tire
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    Check the oil pressure. Sounds like you spun a bearing.
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    sounds internal.

    spun bearing likely, see if the oil has tons of metal sparkles in it.

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    Your motor is gone?, did you look under the bed, most things end up under the bed.
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    No metal shavings on the dipstick. But there is a def. miss. as well. If the motor is gone its time for a milzy motorsports 3.8SC conversion oh and replaced the lower intake gasket and all the hoses and radiator in the car when we did the tune up in March. oh to clarify things I have been through two radiators since March.
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    Why on what?
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    Why have you been through 2 radiators?
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    And why spend all that money at Milzy?
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    true on milzy I could get everything cheaper else where. When we did the LIM I went ahead and replaced the radiator with the hoses and everything else in the cooling system. I bought the car after the previous owner blew it. The oil was mixing with the radiator it was all boiled and gunked up on the radiator cap but never had coolant in the pan. The second time I replaced it one of the connectors were leaking on the radiator.
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    Read the top post for update.
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    Quote Originally Posted by arcadeguest View Post
    my check engine last was flashing red and at different times yellow.
    The overlay is red. There isn't multiple colors of check engine lights.

    Post is pretty damn confusing. Because you also can't run on 3 cylinders well enough to drive 5 miles, skip the thought of 5,000.
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    Im not sure how I did it. I got rid of the car at 214 thousand. Im also color blind so the red kinda screws with me.
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