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Engine blew up after 130 000 miles. Any ideas? Engine blew up after 130 000 miles. Any ideas?
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Old 03-28-2011, 09:18 AM
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Search "oil seperator" on this site!!! You will find tons of info of how and why this happens. It looks like the seperator failed the first time causing this. The shop you took it too did not find the correct cause and it happend again. This is the shops fault! Not yours!
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Old 03-28-2011, 11:08 AM
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Thanks for the tip!
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Search "oil seperator" on this site!!! You will find tons of info of how and why this happens. It looks like the seperator failed the first time causing this. The shop you took it too did not find the correct cause and it happend again. This is the shops fault! Not yours!
This is indeed a suspect to investigation, thanks!
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