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Skylark97 Feb 25, 2008 08:04 PM


Any known problems to watch out for with this car. a friend of mine is buying it and she asked me to some research on the cars. i'll be doing any mechanical repairs necessary. so, i'd like to know what i'm getting myself into. lol


Edited by: Skylark97

samueljackson Mar 1, 2008 03:43 PM


depends what engine. idk if the 97 still had the quad 4. if so, i would not recomend him buying it. if it has the 3.1, then i would suggest changing the lower intake gaskets and changing the coolant to green.

Skylark97 Mar 7, 2008 03:56 PM

it's a 3.1. and the coolant is green....

samueljackson Mar 7, 2008 05:41 PM

3.1 and green coolant, well thats good news. do you know if the LIM gaskets have been changed? how many miles?

Skylark97 Mar 7, 2008 09:00 PM

138000 it has a major problem. it's idling at 3000 RPM

samueljackson Mar 9, 2008 09:12 PM



SES light?

Skylark97 Mar 10, 2008 10:41 AM

no

samueljackson Mar 10, 2008 03:58 PM




one common sensor to work poorly and not throw a code, id the o2.





but removing the tb and cleaning all sensors, especially the maf, would be a good thing.


p.s. only use maf cleaner. NEVER anything stronger, like carb or brake cleaner.



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