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Hi, howew. Great people here, most helpful and knowledgeable!! A million good topics and threads to look through, too!

Thanks for this topic, potter2010. I too am considering just replacing my '88 Loyale for a minute, as it recently developed some mysterious engine problem... (to keep it short), and am looking on here for ideas, recommendations, thoughts. May need to post my own search, though, as to not interfere with yours!

Excellent advice! Whine, cry, ... mom is sick, kids need new shoes... try; I borrowed $200.00 more from MoM, but this is all I can put together... and flash the cash.., drop it on the table... , and like everyone here has said, it is an older car, so it's either a love affair or not.

Just be sure to check the oil pan for metal. May have just killed mine, after all I've put into it... your problem sounds different, but we were chasing similar behavior on mine..

Thanks to a member here, colemanapp, there is an '89 over by Joplin. complete vehicle, but rusted out pretty bad, the owner said. It is a turbo. How might that wire up with this wiring harness? The owner said that wiring harness has been modified, it appears, a couple of times. The price is right, though, but owner says it misses, and he would recommend we trailer it. They are about 4 hrs. from me.

There is an engine on ebay... but if I go there, I would want to know it lines up and is viable... here is the link. Also,colemanapp said to try K&M in Columbia, Mo., they had one.. Oh, the link... http://www.ebay.com/itm/331696265023?euid=04ea06ec706d415ab94f121596e20e8d&cp=1&exe=13453&ext=34391&sojTags=exe=exe,ext=ext

I have been wondering if it could do that... which is why I said 'crank pulley'? above. Problem here right now, is I can't get to it... need A set of wheels, and that won't be until Friday or Monday... we have one '87 Toyota truck still running, and it's been having some problems lately... geez... was going to go for a lift for my Subaru next!! Guess it'll have to wait! Looks like I'll have to 'unretire' myself, and do my own mechanic-ing for awhile. I really want to see what it did, and see if I can fix it, and even if I replace this engine, I want to build this one and sit it here then... assuming it is rebuildable.

Thanks for that idea! I have a 3-5 day wait for the fuel pump on my '87 Jeep, before I even have transportation again, am sitting home till then! I'll ask him to do that for me.

Geez... I'm rather speechless.. can't turn the crank, metal in the pan, and what happened was exactly as I described it happening. The ONLY thing that was odd was just before it quit, honestly felt like a mule team of horses couldn't have pulled it up that hill, for a whole 3-4 seconds before it quit... but no noises, no overheating, nothing. I did have it over to (a different) mechanic though last month, twice, because it would 'hesitate', no power at starting out lower RPM's. we did a tune-up, but he was picking straws, I believe. I had him test drive it, but he said he couldn't really feel anything, but then, I drive it all the time. I insisted it wasn't right, and he searched more, and came up with a backed out/loose plug. So we did the tune-up, which overall gave it a hair more zip, but hesitation was still there. Was going to take it back next month, as I really couldn't afford any more hunting this month... I would tend to believe the shop that pulled it off the highway would have put it into neutral, after numerous conversations with them, they are quite savvy- by far not 'garage parts hangers'. I'm just numb right now, and need to get it home and need to look inside that engine. I'm not a mechanical dummy (girl), but I am old(er), and reached a point where I no longer kept my own tools around for things like pulling tranny's and motors, and quit doing my own brakes, etc., but crap! I knew SOMETHING wasn't right... Crap!

Hey, moosens, do you have any links to marketplace, for '88 parts, engine? Happy frikken new year is right... Think my engine just bit it...

Yes! That is what I had planned for mine, before it just 'crapped out' on me. Height of lift?

We pulled the oil pan, as a quick 'look' into engine, oil pan is full of metal. Will possibly look for a replacement engine, and bring my baby home.. I'll need to tear into it here, as soon as it is warmer than 30* outside! Right now, I am on foot, and my other backup waiting on fuel pump. I want to know what did what! Inquiring minds need to know, and it might save somebody else the same heartache! Guess this topic is closed for now, and will post later this spring when I have torn it down and found out what did what. Thanks for all replies!

What about a crank pulley?

Dave, still going over this thing in my mind, before I see it. My Subaru was towed about 10-12 miles, by the Service Station, by a chain. It is an '88 5 speed, and it has full time 2WD unless it is put into 4x. Could the towing have hurt anything?