I'm pretty new to these forums but I want to get some thoughts on something. I have an 02-Type S with 132k miles on it, just purchased a month ago to save some money on fuel. I has since be plagued with issues. The car has a slight oil leak which seems to be coming from the oil pump o ring as well as a transmission issue when cold (slips into what I would call a neutral mode while still in gear). I have a quote for a TB and WP for $609, not including the o ring which I would want to do t the same time. At a different dealership they wanted to do the rear main as well as previously mentioned work for $3700. After my own inspection the rear main seal does not look like it is leaking.
A couple days ago I was driving to work, when it was especially cold and the car started overheating out of no where and blew the upper radiator hose. I changed out the hose, refilled and burped it and have it running again, however, today I noticed a sweet smell from the engine bay which I can only assume is a head gasket.
I want to keep this car because the aspec body is great shape and I want it to be my DD. So I am going to fix/replace parts it's just a matter of which way. I am considering a JDM engine/tran/ecu and possibly swapping in the type s heads (IM and TB if compatible later on) or j32a2 (if I can find one with a transmission for a good price, if not I'll justs hunt down an av6). Or my last option is fixing everything on the existing motor and getting a BAYA or MAYA av6 tranny. I listed these options in order from most appealing to least appealing to me (mostly because of price and down time).
I want to say ahead of time I'm not a jdm junkie but the price and availability is very appealing.
I want to get some opinions or let me know of some miracle that would help. Also if I were to do the jdm swap I have heard it is pretty much plug and play with the exception of an additional coolant outlet that needs to be plugged, searching for jdm and J32a swaps has yielded some stupid results so that's why I decided to create a thread. Let me know what you guys think, thanks ahead of time.
A couple days ago I was driving to work, when it was especially cold and the car started overheating out of no where and blew the upper radiator hose. I changed out the hose, refilled and burped it and have it running again, however, today I noticed a sweet smell from the engine bay which I can only assume is a head gasket.
I want to keep this car because the aspec body is great shape and I want it to be my DD. So I am going to fix/replace parts it's just a matter of which way. I am considering a JDM engine/tran/ecu and possibly swapping in the type s heads (IM and TB if compatible later on) or j32a2 (if I can find one with a transmission for a good price, if not I'll justs hunt down an av6). Or my last option is fixing everything on the existing motor and getting a BAYA or MAYA av6 tranny. I listed these options in order from most appealing to least appealing to me (mostly because of price and down time).
I want to say ahead of time I'm not a jdm junkie but the price and availability is very appealing.
I want to get some opinions or let me know of some miracle that would help. Also if I were to do the jdm swap I have heard it is pretty much plug and play with the exception of an additional coolant outlet that needs to be plugged, searching for jdm and J32a swaps has yielded some stupid results so that's why I decided to create a thread. Let me know what you guys think, thanks ahead of time.