Deliver me from temptation

Kinja'd!!! "Maxima Speed" (maximaspeed)
07/21/2019 at 21:15 • Filed to: None

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o much want for this. What’s even worse is that it have the money to actually buy it.


DISCUSSION (8)


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Maxima Speed
07/21/2019 at 21:23

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“needs water pump that’s it!”

Pardon my skepticism, but this is a 2-hour job tops for someone as mechanically challenged as myself so I don't believe it. I bet it overheats but they're scapegoating a simple fix to entice buyers to make a dubious decision.


Kinja'd!!! dogisbadob > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/21/2019 at 21:26

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Is it easy on that car?

I thought they were driven by the timing belt, but I’m not familiar with the 3S-FE


Kinja'd!!! Maxima Speed > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
07/21/2019 at 21:33

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That’s the main reason I wouldn’t commit to it. Somethings fishy when someone is selling a car with only one easily fixed problem, when all they have to do is fix that issue and sell it for more.


Kinja'd!!! RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Maxima Speed
07/21/2019 at 21:53

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Awesome car, but the ‘needs water pump’ sounds to me like ‘it may or may not need a water pump but I probably massively overheated it and drove it anyway resulting in something far more major like a blown head gasket, etc’

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Kinja'd!!! Seven Footer > Maxima Speed
07/21/2019 at 23:11

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Kinja'd!!! Bylan - Hoarder of LS400's > Maxima Speed
07/21/2019 at 23:58

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It definitely needs a water pump. You dont realize a car needs a water pump until it overheats and you destroy many cast-aluminum things. But it looks stupidly clean and im sure engines are aplenty out there if it needs more than a pump, timing belt, and new headgaskets. $700 all day


Kinja'd!!! SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Maxima Speed
07/22/2019 at 01:31

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And when you fit that new water pump and find the rest of the engine died with the old one... suddenly your thousand bucks investment is not looking so sweet .


Kinja'd!!! pip bip - choose Corrour > Maxima Speed
07/22/2019 at 03:36

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water pump, hoses, coolant, rad cap, t/stat, radiator, htr tap, head gasket  and hours of frustration later, it might work