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metspitzer@gmail.com - 17 Dec 2007 20:48 GMT

I have a 91 Ford F150. The engine was rebuilt about 70k miles ago.
The original engine had around 120k The car blew a head gasket. The
car was on loan to my sister. I had it towed to the shop and he
"fixed" it. 800$

Driving it home the engine was not preforming right. My sister has
been doing the driving so I am just repeating what she said. She took
it back to the mechanic and he "fixed" it by changing spark plugs and
plug wires. 30$

After getting the car back it still didn't drive right. She took it
back and he said it was water in the distributor. $50 Now it seems
to be running OK, but the engine light will come on. There is plenty
of oil. The light will come on for a min to about 3 min and go back
off.

The mechanic says to bring it back and he will put it on the
diagnostic machine.

I kind of want to cut my losses with this guy and take it somewhere
else.

Anyone have suggestions?

Thank you for you time

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Hal - 18 Dec 2007 05:03 GMT

> I kind of want to cut my losses with this guy and take it somewhere
> else.
>
> Anyone have suggestions?

You could start by giving a solid description of what is actually not
working right for you. "Engine not performing right" could have a
million different explanations. What is happening? Have you driven it?
What exactly does it do(or not do)?

What you have posted so far gives us nothing to go on. It would be
like me giving my car keys to my neighbor and saying "Take my car to
the shop and tell the mechanic it isn't working right". You need more
info than what you have provided so far to even get started on what
could be wrong....

Since the mechanic changed wires, and plugs, and then said "Water in
the distributor" I am lead to believe that the engine is misfiring.
How bad? Same cylinder? Random? Does it look like he actually changed
the plugs and wires? How about the oil, how does that look? Pull the
dipstick..does it look like a milkshake on there? Water and oil mixed
= big trouble. If that's what you see you have bigger problems than
anything a simple tune-up is going to address.

Chris

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