Mass Driver

I am looking to buy a 99 gt in the near future and the guy says that it has a loss of compression in cylinder 3. First off, what exactly does this mean and how expensive is it to fix? The car is definately a really good deal, but hopefully this wont be too expensive to fix. Someone help me out here. Thanks

mfj

various reasons for loss of compression. bad piston, bad valve, who knows. If u think ur gettin a good deal, ur not. just to take off the head to see what is going on costs soo much in labor, if ur not doin it urself.

Sap

Could be fried piston rings, not easy fix as it involves tearing down the motor and pulling the rods/pistons out to replace the rings

Mass Driver

well its a 2000gt with 36k miles, full exhuast, leather interior, Vortech supercharger, short shifter, 42lb injectors, saleen kit and rims, eibach springs, cobra hood, upper and lower control arms, 3.73's, and lots more. Its basically a mint car an he only wants 8k for it. So im wondering if it is worth it with the loss of compression in cylinder 3. Will it still run? Thanks guys

mfj

well it should still run, but u lose a lot of power with the loss of compresssion, and it will only get worse. i would say it is definitely not worth it. The guy is selling the car for only 8k. that should tell u that he felt it wasnt cost effective to keep the car. all his upgrades put together probably cost him that much. motor is probably on its last straw.

Derf00

Probably on stock internals so the motor is toast. Not worth it. I'm guessing he took it to the track quite a bit or ran the shiz out of it based on his mods.

PWORLDSTANG

Don't buy that car. Stay far away from it. The reason he's selling it for only 8K is because the motor is hurt, and he just wants to get rid of it.

dmustanggt

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02WhiteGTVert

buy it and spray some nawwzzz through it.

seriously though,the motor's most likely trashed.

Mass Driver

Heres what the guy says:

"for sale is a 2000 mustang gt. lazer red, 36k miles dark charcoal interior, black leather, 5-spd w/ pro 5.0 shifter, saleen body kit, '03 cobra hood, saleen wheels chrome 18x9 up front 18x10 out back with bfg 295/35zr18 drag radials, pro-charger intercooled supercharger w/ 2 pulleys, sct tuner, bbk long tubes, bbk off-road h-pipe, mac cat back, lightning 90mm maf, 42# injectors, 250lph fuel pump, snow performance methanol injecton, eibach drag launch springs, qa1 tubular k member, battery relocation kit, granatelli upper and lower control arms, frpp 3.73 gear set, autometer guages, and more, car is beautiful, no time to finish, the one problem with the whole car is cylinder #3 has lost compression, no loss of oil pressure no other problems, no time to repair, car has sat for past 3 years in a heated garage under a cover"

and here are some pictures:
http://images.craigslist.org/0101090...9c27003f43.jpg
http://images.craigslist.org/0101120...a37900cfeb.jpg
http://images.craigslist.org/0101040...f503006d13.jpg
http://images.craigslist.org/0101010...a6280052dc.jpg

Car looks mint. I might go atleast check it out