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Alex Devlin

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  1. So here's what happened.... Last Sunday morning, my wife woke me up because our floor was wet. We quickly realized that our apartments were being flooded. My car was parked out front of our apartment and the water was already near the top of the headlights. After several hours the water subsided enough for me to get the car to higher ground. Now I know that I should have just had the car towed and taken to the shop to be checked over, but I didn't. The car started ok and ran ok and both my wife’s and son’s car were not running, so we used my car to move our stuff to a hotel until we could get back into our apartment. Apart from being dirty inside, the car drove fine for a day or so. Then it started to hesitate and had no power and eventually the transmission started to slip and wouldn't shift out of first. We crawled the car to our mechanics and left it there overnight. In the morning the mechanic checked the car and it drove fine. No hesitation, shifting fine, lots of power, everything as it should be. Then a few days later I had to break suddenly and turn sharp right into a parking lot and the car suddenly drove like crap. It has no power, takes forever to accelerate. It shifts ok but a little jerky. Runs ok, starts ok. The mechanic says it sounds like the timing belt slipped and the timing is out. It actually feels like it may be running on 4 cylinders although doesn't sound like it. There are no warning lights on the dash but I've yet to take it to get the codes read. I just don't want to drive it in case I'm wrecking the car. Now here's my dilemma. The car is a 1990, has 256K miles and cost $3K. I love this car and just can't afford to get another one just yet. I need to take it into the shop to have them check it out but I just know it's going to be $$$$'s which I don't have due to this situation costing us pretty much everything we had. So before I decide what to do next, and I'll have to wait until we have the money to take it to the shop, does ANYONE have an idea of what could be causing this? I guess I'm really hoping for someone who has come across this problem or these symptoms before and knows what to do. I can't afford to throw money at it or trade it for another car, and on top of all that my work fired me for taking 3 days off due to the flooding. Well gee boss, I'd love to come into work but my apartment was flooded and my wife and I were wading through water/sewage and had to take some time off to clean out our house and find a place for us and our kids to live. :chairshot: Anyone in Oklahoma City area hiring while I'm here? :whistles:
  2. Just joined the forum and thought I'd say hi and ask probably some of the dumbest questions ever.... I did search for solutions to them but can't find any or I'm searching using the wrong terms so I apologise if these have been asked before and would be grateful if someone could point me to them. First a little about my car.... I just bought the car, a 1990 Cobalt Blue LS400 with 254,000 miles and she still purrs and drives beautifully! I was looking for a car for my work and found this going cheap and there was so little wrong with it, (that I could find) that I snapped it up. The problems I've found so far... Front corner bulb blown. I found a screw at the top, beside the main headlight, and removed it. The corner light can be pulled out slightly but I don't want to force it and can't find any other screws that could be holding it. Someone let me know the trick or point and laugh at the part I'm not seeing? Engine temperature gauge moves just off cold and that's it. I'm thinking either bad gauge or sensor? Any pointers to how I could replace/check either? The front seatbelts have lost their pull... They don't retract anymore, but that's what airbags are for right? :whistles: Front driver speaker not working. Made me realise how bad I really sound when I sing along.... so I stopped it... (Of course) Climate control display is blank. Found the fix, it's on the list when I get time to pull the old one out. A little wear and tear on the leather but not much else (that I can find) I have to say that I love my car! I'm a little late getting one of these, being 39 and just never getting around to buying one but always meaning to, but this just called out to me and I couldn't say no. Oh, and I paid $3000 for her, brought down from $4988 window price at the local Lexus dealer, and I'm the third owner. I'm looking forward to getting to know folks here and learning lots of knowledge about keeping my car running for (hopefully) another 250,000 miles. Alex Devlin
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