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Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Well, it was a short lived love affair... The Volvo wagon I bought two days ago has jilted me by way of dumping its engine on the way home from visiting family in southern Nova Scotia, leaving me stranded at the 100 mile point (100 miles to home, or 100 back to family's place) on Christmas day. I was driving along and came to a long, medium grade, and just as I started to climb it the engine fell right on its face (no power) and huge clouds of blue smoke came pouring out the tailpipe. At that instant the oil light came on and the engine started clattering. I quickly pulled over and shut the engine off. I opened the hood and could smell oil. I pulled the dipstick - plenty there. I then started the engine and pulled the dipstick again, and there was a steady puffing of blue smoke from the dipstick hole.

My (preliminary) diagnosis: The Volvo holed a piston. I'm thinking this because of the heavy smoke out the tail pipe and the regular puffing from the dipstick hole.

Another possibility, but more remote, is a blown head gasket - if the gasket blew at an oil gallery, it would allow oil into the chamber and compression into the crankcase. This would also cause a loss of oil pressure on the top end of the engine, which could explain the clattering as the hydraulic lifters lose pressure (it was all top end noise).

Regardless, I am thoroughly pissed off. I had to pay $345 to have that car towed home, and now I've got to look forward to arguing with the dealership (I had the towtruck leave the car there). Yes, the car has warranty, but that warranty has a deductible and I don't think I should have to pay it. I also don't think I should have to pay the $345 towing fee. I will fight like hell to get that money back, and I think I'll even go a step further by demanding my money back on the car (I now have no faith in it). I belive in this province there is a 7-day "cooling off" period on a car purchase, and I think I just may use it. Much hinges on how the dealership handles things on Tuesday (Monday is a stat holiday in Canada).

And to cap things off, now that this car is down and the old Dakota has been uninsured and brought to the cottage, I'm stuck driving my Thunderbird until this mess is straightened out. And the roads are absolutely covered in salt. And the 'Bird is shod with summer tires.

I spend $15k (including taxes) on a car, it doesn't last a full two days, and I'm back to doing what I wanted to avoid in the first place: Exposing the 'Bird to salt. You can well imagine how happy I am right now.

BTW - I know I promised more pics of the Volvo. Here's a keeper - the unloading off the flatbed at the dealership's:
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣
 

Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Reply #1 –
I still have ya beat. :p (at least on quickness of major failure.. can't touch ya on the mileage thing)

Bought my first brand new car.. a 1992 Daytona IROC V6. Got a little rough while I was driving it around to friends' houses that afternoon, so I got with one friend and we decided it's probably just bad gas from a questionable gas station, and we'd drive it off.

Long story short, we ended up pushing it the last half mile to my house. Dropped an intake valve. Took all of 12 hours of ownership to require sending it back to the dealership for a week's worth of work.

Sucks to finally get a newer car and have it take a dump on ya like that, though.

Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Reply #2 –
, that freakin' blows...

Do you not have towing insurance? We carry towing insurance because it's cheap, and if you ever have to have your vehicle towed the insurance company will reimburse you.

Anyway that car obviously had some kinda problem!

Garrett H.
'94 F250 XLT- 4x4, 5 speed, 7.3 IDI Turbo Diesel, 4" intake, 4" exhaust, 5" turnout stacks, manual hubs, etc.
'87 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
Engine, wheels, tires, etc!
Exhaust sound clip
Another clip

Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Reply #3 –
Yeah, forgot about that. State Farm tacked like a buck-sixty a month to our insurance to give us towing reimbursp00get coverage.

Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Reply #4 –
Sorry to hear that Thunder Chicken.I hope things work out for you.I bought a brand new 5.0 Musatng notch back in 92.Pulled out on the road, stabbed the throttle a little and hit second.All the sudden smoke started rolling and I heard it knocking.Not even 20 miles on it and it blew.Went back in teh dealership and got my old car I just traded in back and got out of the whole deal.Just lucky I guess.
 Well good luck man,
 Chris

Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Reply #5 –
That's B.S. The dealer should take that thing right back and return your money. An engine isn't going to blow just on the spur of the moment like that something had to be defective for that to happen. I feel for ya with the Bird. I almost had to drive mine last winter when my daily driver at the time (87 Plymouth Voyager 2.6L Mitsubitchy engine with 76,000 miles) had its timing belt tensioner take a . Car ran like shiznit and it wasn't worth fixing but I drove it like that for 3 months till I got my Buick. There was no way I was letting the Bird out in the winter. Hell see if the dealer will give ya a loner or something. I hope ya can get something soon and get the Bird off the road as fast as possible
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Reply #6 –
, that bites. i would be beside myself if that happened to me. i would definately get my money back and take my business elsewhere.
2005 Subaru WRX STi|daily driver

Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Reply #7 –
sorry

Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Reply #8 –
If something happens to my cheap winter beater, then I'm buying another cheap winter beater! No way in hell I'd try driving my bird in winter, especially since it doesn't have a heater at the moment.

Garrett H.
'94 F250 XLT- 4x4, 5 speed, 7.3 IDI Turbo Diesel, 4" intake, 4" exhaust, 5" turnout stacks, manual hubs, etc.
'87 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
Engine, wheels, tires, etc!
Exhaust sound clip
Another clip

Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Reply #9 –
What year is the Volvo? It may be the year GM bought them out and they went to shiznit. The mid 80's 240DL you can't beat. Those motors are bullet proof. Does your car have the 5 cylinder?

James

Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Reply #10 –
It's a 2000 with the 5 cylinder turbo, and Ford bought them, not GM. GM bought Saab
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Reply #11 –
Man that is very unfortunate.

Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Reply #12 –
It is unfortunate.  But at least it didn't happen a few years down the road and then you would be stuck with the bill.  Hopefully after this setback is over with you can get a car that will last you a good long while and maybe you'll like it even more.  I hate to use a cliché here, but everything really does happen for a reason.
-Jim
1987 Cougar LS 5.0

Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Reply #13 –
Quote from: Thunder Chicken
It's a 2000 with the 5 cylinder turbo, and Ford bought them, not GM. GM bought Saab


I always get those two mixed up. Ford should have left their grubby hands out of it!

James

Merry FVCKING Christmas!!!!! (a very pissed off rant)

Reply #14 –
That really sucks.
The dealer should definately replace the motor or the entire car. The only thing hurting you would probably be that the car is used so the dealer, depending on what kind it is, may not do much of anything for you.
Jim is right, atleast it didn't happen a couple years down the road. My dad bought an '01 Ram in '02 and back in February, his motor let go. After having it for just over 2 years, he had to pay to replace the motor while still paying on the truck. Not even a month later, the transmission went out and he had to replace that too. So his truck lasted him 70,000 miles and broke just beyond the dealer supplied warrenty.

Now get this... a couple weeks ago, he washiznit by somebody making a left turn who didn't see him. Now his truck is totaled and it looks like he is going to get screwed over. The real kick in the nuts is that it has about 10,000 miles on the engine and 8-9,000 on the transmission. He also just put new tires on it a month ago and I gave it a brake job. It's basically a brand new truck but the insurance is acting like it is no better than the 120,000 that the odometer reads. We've been fighting with the insurance company for a couple weeks now and the outlook still doesn't look good.