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I found a wrecked WRX (rolling chassis) upstate and it was hit in the front and declared a total loss. It was given to a "Donation Program", which is where I found it. He's not asking much for it, and the majority of the car is intact. Quoting the guy at the donor place:
"There was no engine damage. It was hit in the front but the owner didn't want to rebuild. It looks like he took a hammer or something and smashed the two pulleys on both ends (cam pulleys) to ensure the insurance company would deem it totaled. When I got it, I replaced both pulleys and the timing belt and now it starts and runs." He also said it needed a new cam sensor because the one on the driver's side was smashed... again, leading me to believe the motor is shot.
He started it up but it idled out. It was extremely loud because there was no exhaust except the manifold. He started it up again and blipped the gas for a few seconds and then it ran on its own. I could hear a lot of ticking, which makes me believe that the valves are smashed, but its hard for me to decipher all the noises over the open exhaust. I uploaded a sound clip of what it sounds like on startup. I have several video clips, but I can't send them from my phone to my email because the file it too large.
Here's a picture of the timing belt. It seems to me the belt was smashed and skipped, bending valves and God knows what else.
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The only reason I would be buying this WRX is for the motor, and if the motor is blown, then there's really no point in making the purchase.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/17064495dd2d7358/
I know off the top of my head it'll need both fans, a radiator with top and bottom hoses, a recirculating valve or BOV, a cam sensor, an oil return line, and a coolant line.
Thoughts?
"There was no engine damage. It was hit in the front but the owner didn't want to rebuild. It looks like he took a hammer or something and smashed the two pulleys on both ends (cam pulleys) to ensure the insurance company would deem it totaled. When I got it, I replaced both pulleys and the timing belt and now it starts and runs." He also said it needed a new cam sensor because the one on the driver's side was smashed... again, leading me to believe the motor is shot.
He started it up but it idled out. It was extremely loud because there was no exhaust except the manifold. He started it up again and blipped the gas for a few seconds and then it ran on its own. I could hear a lot of ticking, which makes me believe that the valves are smashed, but its hard for me to decipher all the noises over the open exhaust. I uploaded a sound clip of what it sounds like on startup. I have several video clips, but I can't send them from my phone to my email because the file it too large.
Here's a picture of the timing belt. It seems to me the belt was smashed and skipped, bending valves and God knows what else.
The only reason I would be buying this WRX is for the motor, and if the motor is blown, then there's really no point in making the purchase.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/17064495dd2d7358/
I know off the top of my head it'll need both fans, a radiator with top and bottom hoses, a recirculating valve or BOV, a cam sensor, an oil return line, and a coolant line.
Thoughts?
