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XSrcing

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  1. Only uy a salvaged titled car if you know why it as titled as such.

     

    My friend recently bought a salvaged titled volvo wagon. It was an '88 240 with 120k, but salvage title because the rear window was broken and replaced recently.

  2. The oil light has nothing to do with the oil level in your engine. It comes on when you have critically low oil pressure (usually 3-4 psi). If it is coming on at idle then you either have a worn out oil pump or excessive wear somewhere in the engine that is allowing excessive oil to bypass.

     

    First thing I would do is to pull off the oil filter and cut it in half. Inspect the filter element for any metal shavings.

     

    A place told you the CEL was low oil pressure in the head, then I think you did something to starve your cam journals and they are worn out.

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    When its all said and done, a job is a job, as long as you have a reasonably steady income rolling in. From what I have heard its been tough over there to find work, so be thankful for what you can get.

     

    Totally. I just applied to work in the processing plant at a local berry farm. It is a position usually filled by people who don't speak English.

  4. Replaced the outer release bearing (I think that's what Nissan said) at 100,000 miles.

     

    Replaced the transmission at 137,000 miles and now it starts to give me problems again a 162,000 miles. Not sure if its the clutch/transmission. When I shift from neutral to the first gear, I've to fully depress the clutch and count up to 1 sec. before shifting the lever, otherwise it'll grind and jerk back to neutral. And then comes the smell of burning oil in the cabin when the transmission works hard (I.e. on a hot sunny day in traffic or after being on the highway for an hour). There's no leak at all. I probably have to get the trans fluid changed or just wheel an A/T.

     

    How often do you replace the fluid? Sounds like you have worn out all the friction modifiers and burning up the syncros.

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