DSMJake
10+ Year Contributor
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- Jul 24, 2008
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Havre De Grace,
Maryland
My situation:
Im 16 years old and saved my money from all my checks to buy a eclipse i finally got 3 grand and bought a 98 eclipse RS which appeared to be in good condition i know i payed way to much for this car but i was in the moment and excited about buying my first car so i buy the car i pull off the public auto auction lot and go fill her up well 15 minutes down the road my check engine light comes on im thinking yikes this isnt good so i take it easy and drive home i park my car go inside and call a few places to see about a check engine light diagnosis i find a place and pull out half way out of my neighbor hood my mom calls me and says im leaking oil in the driveway. so i immediatly go to the closest car shop. At this point i know the car place ripped me off.
So i tell the shop the situation and drop it off they said they will look at it over night and get back to me the next morning i got stopped in to ask if there was any info on the problems he says hes got bad news and says ive got a bad bad oil leak one of my tie rods is ready to snap and i have coolant spraying out. He tells me to replace the water pump and timeing belt and one other belt it will cost me 780.00 dollars parts and labor. Then he tells me the oil leak can be either one of 2 things a head gasket which will cost me 1500 parts and labor or a "valve cover job" could also fix the oil leak. Do these prices seem high or about what it would cost ive gotton myself in a big big mess.
Sorry if i posted in the wrong forum.
Im 16 years old and saved my money from all my checks to buy a eclipse i finally got 3 grand and bought a 98 eclipse RS which appeared to be in good condition i know i payed way to much for this car but i was in the moment and excited about buying my first car so i buy the car i pull off the public auto auction lot and go fill her up well 15 minutes down the road my check engine light comes on im thinking yikes this isnt good so i take it easy and drive home i park my car go inside and call a few places to see about a check engine light diagnosis i find a place and pull out half way out of my neighbor hood my mom calls me and says im leaking oil in the driveway. so i immediatly go to the closest car shop. At this point i know the car place ripped me off.
So i tell the shop the situation and drop it off they said they will look at it over night and get back to me the next morning i got stopped in to ask if there was any info on the problems he says hes got bad news and says ive got a bad bad oil leak one of my tie rods is ready to snap and i have coolant spraying out. He tells me to replace the water pump and timeing belt and one other belt it will cost me 780.00 dollars parts and labor. Then he tells me the oil leak can be either one of 2 things a head gasket which will cost me 1500 parts and labor or a "valve cover job" could also fix the oil leak. Do these prices seem high or about what it would cost ive gotton myself in a big big mess.
Sorry if i posted in the wrong forum.