Thread: Beware! Of this crook beware! 96FearlessSER

He obviously was not a true asian. I hope you find some resolution.

That sludge was caused by going thousands of miles over oil change intervals, using regular oil while doing it, and beating on the engine. Probably all of the above. I've seen one other sludge monster VE and that was the one and only one VE I bought from Andreas Miko.

I probably shouldn't mention this for fear of causing hate issues but my buddy bought his crap engine from an Asian dude with a heavy accent (somewhere in Michigan I think unless he drove to Ohio I forget) and my buddy is not Mexican but from Puerto Rico but his wife is from Mexico if that counts for anything..haha...


things that make you go hmmmmmmmm

Dont get me wrong man but i have friends from pretty much any race and i respect every single culture out there and they are pretty down to earth people not to mention here in Colorado its nice to have a great hot! pho- bowl on cold winters , that doesn't give anyone the right to sell or claim something they are selling to be in great condition if its pure crap ! They should be thrown to jail for this type of scams its hard working money i paid! Im mad, im disappointed of myself, i wanna quit this sr game i could even loose my job for not having a reliable car that i thrusted someone to buy a good working engine, heck if i would've known i would've bought a nismotronic sa package and still use my boosted b14 on e85 or something dang! WHERE DOES THE TRUSTWORTHY PEOPLE EXTINCT?

3 hours and knowing where the man works? oo hell yeah i would be there

I'm in love with the Pho bowl!

OK, oil light came on which means low pressure. Most likely sludge was clogging things up causing this. Did you happen to change the filter as well?

You added Sea Foam, which is good stuff, but you didn't let it run very long (they actually recommend adding this 100-200 MILES before the upcoming oil change), and for that level of sludge it wouldn't have done anything at all. What I always recommend is a motor flush like Gunk Motor Flush, there are some other ones out there but I can always find this locally. You can run this for 5-10 min at an oil change and it cleans up things pretty well.

Have you had a chance to check out the engine any further see see why it is seizing, or if it still is? If oil actually wasn't flowing during your drive, there may have been some excess wear or at least heat causing problems.

You can pull the fuse for the fuel pump, pull the valve cover, and have someone crank it a few times for you, verify that oil is pumping out of the squirters up top before doing anything more, make sure that's looking good before trying to run it again.

$840 + 6 hours of time and gas money? Couldnt you've saved a lot by just ordering one shipped around the pregas money funds from a reputable dealer? I know its hindsight, but I plan on getting a VE myself in the future so I appreciate putting this guy on front street as someone to avoid

Blown engine still in car , dont have the time or the motivation to even open the hood

Did 3 oil changes with 2 new oil filters, haven't touched car sincethat morning not sure what ill be doing next