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808Bill wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 6:41 am Not the IMSB that took it out...

You know what killed it?

Black-Out wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 9:08 pm

808Bill wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 6:41 am Not the IMSB that took it out...

You know what killed it?

I really don't, but I know the same symptoms of what my roller had and the fact that the IMSB was replaced 40K miles ago...Sounds like the timing chains went. But it's just a guess based on very limited info.
I'll edit my previous reply...

Didn't Jake say it was likely the tensioner paddles?

EDIT: OP said his mechanic said likely "paddle tensioner".

I still can't get over the fact that he is letting the car go for just $4,500. I know that's a little more than what Bill snagged his for, but it seems he could have made lots more parting it out. Maybe he just wants to move on like the guy that sold Bill his car.

b3freak wrote: ↑Sun Sep 02, 2018 7:38 pm I still can't get over the fact that he is letting the car go for just $4,500. I know that's a little more than what Bill snagged his for, but it seems he could have made lots more parting it out. Maybe he just wants to move on like the guy that sold Bill his car.

That's about what a roller goes for.

Not everyone has the talent to part a car out. Of those, not all have the time. From the remainder, not all have the space to do it. So then what is the cross section of those that have the ability, time, and space that also have an engine failure?

For most it's going to be either sink a lot of money into it putting you underwater on value or cut your losses and get what you can as painlessly as possible.

So if he can't part it out and doesn't have the money/love to rebuild it, selling as a roller is the logical choice.

Yup. I was tempted to part out the surviving chunks of my rollover but I didn't have the time or tools. I'd part out a Miata in a heartbeat now though. Much easier to wrench on and you basically need a $19.99 pepboys tool kit to take one apart into its components.

DTMiller wrote: ↑Mon Sep 03, 2018 6:25 am Yup. I was tempted to part out the surviving chunks of my rollover but I didn't have the time or tools. I'd part out a Miata in a heartbeat now though. Much easier to wrench on and you basically need a $19.99 pepboys tool kit to take one apart into its components.

roller...Roller...ROLLER...NOT ROLLOVER! That's different.

FRUNKenstein wrote: ↑Sun Sep 02, 2018 4:29 pm Didn't Jake say it was likely the tensioner paddles?

EDIT: OP said his mechanic said likely "paddle tensioner".

Correct, I went back and reread the post. Not sure if anything was confirmed visually though...