>Subject: 93 Honda: 200,000 miles. How much for new engine install?
>From: SoCalMike
>Date: 11/22/2004 7:42 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <0Ivod.447475$D%.356674@attbi_s51>
>
>MIRSE wrote:
>>>
>>>Why do you need a new engine because of an oil leak?
>>
>> ******
>> We took the 93 Honda to the Honda dealership. They said that the source
>of
>> the terrible oil leak and the car running terribly was a small hole in the
>> engine.
>>
>> They said it could not be fixed.
>>
>> Note: We had to tow the car to the nearby Honda dealership, because we
>> couldn't get it to run.
>>
>> It would start for a few seconds, but it made terrible noises before it
>> suddenly cut off.
>>
>> Oil spit out all over the driveway under the Honda just to the right of
>the
>> oxygen sensor that sits at the front of the engine just behind the
>radiator.
>
>thats some weird ****. id say the dealers full of it and trying to sell
>a new car, but oil spewing? noises? wow.
>
>got any friends or anything that might know about cars that can come
>over and confirm?
*******
Sorry, we don't know anyone who could check the Honda serious oil leak and
confirm if it is a very serious unfixable problem, or if it is something a good
mechanic could fix.

Thanks for your suggestion.