You may know I bought myself an st162 about a month ago. When I bought the car the engine seemed fine. It had an oil leak but that didn't seem to be to bad. Since it did have an oil leak I kept the oil level topped up, checking it about twice a week. However last week it developed low oil pressure even though it was topped up. I still needed to drive the car to/from the station so I just took it really easy untill I had the time to send it to my mechanic.
Well the car then developed a small rattle that seems to be coming from the rocker cover. It did it between 1500-3000rpm only. Sounded like something was hitting. I stopped driving the car....
Now I know I'm stupid but I had to drive the car friday night to get somewhere. So I was really carefull, drove it slow got where I had to go and then came home again. (the rattling was getting worse)
Monday morning I tried to start the car and it started rough, then after about 3 seconds died suddenly. I turned the key again and it sounded dead. So I called my mechanic and he came and picked it up. Got a call last night telling me that the engine was siezed and I need a new engine.
I've tried to be as specific as I can describing whats happened, any idea's as to what the cause could be? Is it worth getting the engine pulled and fixed? Any suggestions appriated.
Thanks.
Mon, 15 March 2004 22:29
