I am so sick of this piece of shiznit car.
I bought this thing in June 2004 with 120K on it, started driving it in October of that year. Before I could even start driving it, I had to replce the exhaust from the rear suspension back because it was completely rotted out.
Maybe a month after I start driving it, the water pump went out.
A month or two after that, the starter died, though I managed to find a used one to replace it with.
Somehow, last year I drove it without incident (that I can remember).
Now this year...I had to replace the exhaust shortly after I started driving it because it was rotted out AGAIN...
Then less than a month ago, the driver's side rear brake line rusted and broke and it cost me $90 to fix.
Last WEEK, the line on the other side broke from being so rusty. I fixed it today, bled the brakes (and they still aren't working right) and as I was attempting to leave the house, the starter died, again. So now I'm looking at $100 for a new starter, for a $650 TURD that I will be driving for another 3 weeks at most.
I wanna push this thing off a cliff.
And this thing is only my WINTER CAR! It gets driven 6 months out of the year at most. I drove my old '90 2.3L mustang year round for 5 years and didn't have this many problems with it! (and if I did, parts are cheaper anyway)
Do it, and make sure to video tape it.
tempo's are notorious for being the biggest POS. Thats the one car that the escort is better than, and why i made sure my mom didn't buy my brother a pos tempo
Hahaha, my mom bought one new in '89. It ran pretty good until we got rid of it in '95.
Oh, and if you do push it off a cliff... if by chance it's a two door, can you send me the door rubber drip molding?
It is a two door, all the rubber around the doors is cracked and nasty.
I want an AWD one for beater rallying thru the woods and stuff.
Surprising you haven't had any of the typical tempo problems yet, including harmonic balancer, rear transmission mount, and the entire front end. I've got 315,XXX on my tempo and hundreds of hours idling and its still going.
@bhazard: From what I'm reading, it'll probably break before you reach any dirt.
I don't think Tempo's are a POS. Granted they aren't a top notch car. I bought one new in 1993 I put 280,000mi on it delivering pizza in Branson MO traffic. So if your tempo is a POS it must be that the P.O. just didn't take care of it. The one major problem I had was the Harmonic balancer. That did start acting up until 250,000 miles. So sorry to here about your tempo giving you such problems. Just cause the one you have sucks doesn't mean they are all bad.
Well some of the problems are related to the fact that the entire underside of this car is rusted out...in fact the floorpan is rusted clear through behind the front sears. I don't know how it got that bad because the body has relatively little rust.
At any rate, I still never plan to own a tempo ever again. It's slow, handles like , suspension is way too soft, and doesn't even get very good mileage for being a four cyinder with a stick. And it's ugly.
Sounds like your Tempo has seen some rough winters on VERY salty roads.....
I bought a '92 Topaz with the v6 and auto trans in '02 with 100K on it for $600. 3 years, a ton of miles, one starter. I donated it and got a $1500 write off. I beat the tar out of that car too. Best $600 I ever spent.
my dad saw all kinds of tempos come into the dealer ship he worked at. sooo many problems alot resulting in the need for a new motor. they are good beat the shiznit out of cars though. My uncle had one. within 2 weeks he had it blew the motor
Just run the exhasut out the side where it turns to the side. Thats what I did. I also have a white 2 door tempo. It now has a blown engine. Rear floor right where the back seat starts is gone. Has a new starter, new fuel pump, new clutch, short throw shifter, TC bucket seats. I ran the piss out of mine for a year before the first problem showed up.
Plus the AWD tempos also came with a V6 and you know the Vulcan 3.0 that came in those have the same bell houseing bolt pattern as an SHO. I think it would be fun to build a one that way and see how it measures up to an Evo or Sti.
Well, I've heard the V6 cars are decently fast...and I've seen AWD cars with a 2.3 in them for sale. But yeah I've heard the AWD Tempos are very pr0ne to blowing up the AWD system.
I've also heard of a couple people that have put 2.3 Turbos in them using an Escort transmission.
BTW about the exhaust, did you know the complete exhaust from the cat to the ler is something like $35? I just bought that whole piece and replaced it all.
This car is about shot anyway...when you take off the oil fill cap, hot air (and some smoke) blows out of it. I know that isn't a good sign.:toilet:
Its about dead then if exhaust is comeing out the valve cover. Thats how mine started to die.
want a escort 850 its yours lol
Escorts and Tempos are both throw away cars.
tempos are way worse
I would rather be scene in a Tempo than an E.
Been doin that since I bought it, actually.
aw come on tempo over a escort? these cars were rnever taken care of, shiznit my bros cost my mom 2300 never had a tune up in the 85k it had on it, ran like a dog, till i helped her out. dry rotted tires, 2 blown speakers. but it has alloys, a spoiler and power mirrors WOOOOO lol yea they both suck
The first year the V6 was available was also the first year AWD was NOT. AWD came 4 cylinder only.
I could swear I saw a AWD V6. Maybe it was a swap. Who knows.
My sister owns a 92 Escort that she's been driving since 94. I drove it a couple of weeks this past summer and it was fun to drive. :D I don't know why but I have always had better luck mechanically with FORDS. Sorry to hear about your Tempo problems RED LX.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo8KRmbZaQ8