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From: Brad on 27 Jun 2010 02:31 A family member bought one of these today. A 1995 model auto 4WD vanny thing, with a 2.0l engine, apparently from the Galant VR. It has 150,000km on the clock. Does anyone here know anything about these things? I had a quick look at it and it's making a constant "tick" sound from the top end, that seems to go away when it warms up. There looks be be an oil leak, or one that has been fixed, as a dryish oily patch is visible on the bottom of the engine, and a pipe connecting to the bottom of the radiator (maybe from the transmission) looked like it had a minor leak. On the way home from buying it apparently the ticking noise grew louder and it lost power, so they pulled over for a few minutes, then re-started it and drove home fine. (I'm not 100% sure some operator error did not come into play there, but that's what they reported) I 'think' the seller sounds like someone who buys cars, fixes them up, then flogs them, and maybe has dodgied something up. Will be taking it to a mechanic for a service and check tomorrow but hoping to gather any info on these things, and what is prone to go wrong with them, beforehand so I can ensure it's checked properly. -- Brad
From: Kev on 27 Jun 2010 12:45 Brad wrote: These things were never sold here and were brought in as a Grey Import Your Family Member will need to be prepared to be ripped blind on all things, Insurance being the biggest the Engine maybe from the Galant the rest of the running gear isn't unless the VR was AWD but that won't guarantee that it would be the same Kev
From: Kev on 27 Jun 2010 12:44 Brad wrote: These things were never sold here and were brought in as a Grey Import Your Family Member will need to be prepared to be ripped blind on all things, Insurance being the biggest the Engine maybe from the Galant the rest of the running gear isn't unless the VR was AWD but that won't guarantee that it would be the same Kev
From: Scotty on 28 Jun 2010 03:35 "Kev" <kevcat(a)optunet.com.au> wrote in message news:4c277fd4$0$1028$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... : Brad wrote: : : : These things were never sold here and were brought in as a Grey Import : Your Family Member will need to be prepared to be ripped blind on all : things, Insurance being the biggest : : the Engine maybe from the Galant the rest of the running gear isn't : unless the VR was AWD but that won't guarantee that it would be the same : : Kev : : : The VR Galant was indeed 4Wheel Drive. In good order was great car. Its just a pity that it too suffered the dreaded premature oil control ring wearing.
From: Brad on 28 Jun 2010 04:55
Scotty wrote: > "Kev" <kevcat(a)optunet.com.au> wrote in message > news:4c277fd4$0$1028$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... >> Brad wrote: >> >> >> These things were never sold here and were brought in as a Grey >> Import Your Family Member will need to be prepared to be ripped >> blind on all things, Insurance being the biggest >> >> the Engine maybe from the Galant the rest of the running gear isn't >> unless the VR was AWD but that won't guarantee that it would be the >> same >> >> Kev >> >> >> > > The VR Galant was indeed 4Wheel Drive. In good order was great car. > Its just a pity that it too suffered the dreaded premature oil > control ring wearing. Any idea around what milage that becomes an issue? -- Brad |