My 1997 Oldsmobile Intrique
Dear BL: we had the engine replaced with a rebuilt engine
about 30 days ago and last week the engine overheated and died and they
are now they are telling us the motor is shot and we will need another
one, this is my daughters car and I had driven in it just a week ago and
it was fine, was not overheating - they said there was muddy water in
it - we had not added any water and they said the radiator had a leak
and caused the engine to overheat and ruin the motor - is this possible?
Before the car died it had been driven about 15 miles on the highway
and when she got off the highway it was not showing the engine was hot
but then the car died - we are going by the mechanics tomorrow to see
what they are going to do but I wanted to check with someone to see if
this is possible that the car can overheat one time and the engine be
shot - someone else told us the sludge in the radiator could have been
caused by them not properly flushing out the radiator when the engi!
ne was rebuilt - they also said they put some little aluminum heat
sensors on the engine and it was melted off and that is how they can tell
the engine overheated -
Thanks
BL:
There are pellets that are used in diag. of a sticking t-stat. Maybe that is what they
did. If they put it on your engine before giving it back to you after the rebuild, sounds
odd to me. Yes, overheating 1 time can cause an engine to fail. In my opinion a good
repair shop what have checked for the reason the engine blew the first time, and that
includes a plugged radiator. Normally a rebuilt/used engine will have some kind of
warranty behind it as long as the shop that installed it followed the engine suppliers
check list that usually comes with an engine. If the shop just rebuilt your original
engine, then all other components should have been checked out before giving you
the car back so as to make sure this would not happen. Maybe this was the reason
for the original failure and was not corrected, which inturn blew the rebuild. Hope this
was helpful.
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Dear BL: we had the engine replaced with a rebuilt engine
about 30 days ago and last week the engine overheated and died and they
are now they are telling us the motor is shot and we will need another
one, this is my daughters car and I had driven in it just a week ago and
it was fine, was not overheating - they said there was muddy water in
it - we had not added any water and they said the radiator had a leak
and caused the engine to overheat and ruin the motor - is this possible?
Before the car died it had been driven about 15 miles on the highway
and when she got off the highway it was not showing the engine was hot
but then the car died - we are going by the mechanics tomorrow to see
what they are going to do but I wanted to check with someone to see if
this is possible that the car can overheat one time and the engine be
shot - someone else told us the sludge in the radiator could have been
caused by them not properly flushing out the radiator when the engi!
ne was rebuilt - they also said they put some little aluminum heat
sensors on the engine and it was melted off and that is how they can tell
the engine overheated -
Thanks
BL:
There are pellets that are used in diag. of a sticking t-stat. Maybe that is what they
did. If they put it on your engine before giving it back to you after the rebuild, sounds
odd to me. Yes, overheating 1 time can cause an engine to fail. In my opinion a good
repair shop what have checked for the reason the engine blew the first time, and that
includes a plugged radiator. Normally a rebuilt/used engine will have some kind of
warranty behind it as long as the shop that installed it followed the engine suppliers
check list that usually comes with an engine. If the shop just rebuilt your original
engine, then all other components should have been checked out before giving you
the car back so as to make sure this would not happen. Maybe this was the reason
for the original failure and was not corrected, which inturn blew the rebuild. Hope this
was helpful.
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