93 sho help

[93shonuff]

hello peoples, im new here and had a couple of questions about my 93 sho. im about to buy it from this guy for 500 bucks. he says the car is overheating and he doesnt know why so to get the problem off his hands and selling it to me dirt cheap.the car runs with no smoke from the pipes no engine vibration and shifts damn good. the car is green has sunroof, stick shift, leather the works. im buying it no matter what but my question is whats some pretty common things that goes wrong with these cars andcause them to have these sort of problems. worst case scenario is the head gaskets. if so im prepared to print out a writeup and begin the tear down. is my sho a 3.0 or a 3.2:wave: .

 

[Mr95Gl]

hello peoples, im new here and had a couple of questions about my 93 sho. im about to buy it from this guy for 500 bucks. he says the car is overheating and he doesnt know why so to get the problem off his hands and selling it to me dirt cheap.the car runs with no smoke from the pipes no engine vibration and shifts damn good. the car is green has sunroof, stick shift, leather the works. im buying it no matter what but my question is whats some pretty common things that goes wrong with these cars andcause them to have these sort of problems. worst case scenario is the head gaskets. if so im prepared to print out a writeup and begin the tear down. is my sho a 3.0 or a 3.2:wave: .

The 5spd MTX cars come with the 3.0's. The ATX's come with the 3.2's. $500 for a running SHO is quite the steal, as your already prepared to pull the heads if the head gaskets are indeed bad (not a common occurence on these motors), but that's a worst case scenario. Does the car leak coolant? A bad Water Pump will cause the car to overheat. The same goes for a bad Radiator, Thermostat, or ECT sensor. Check those out first.

As for common problems with these cars. . . . . . neglegance of maintenance. I'd start with a FULL 60k, unless it's already been performed. Upper(plugs, wires, valve cover gaskets/plug well seals, intake gasket set, valve lash, upper rad hose, thermostat), Front (water pump, timing belt, crank & cam seals, crank sensor, lower rad hose), and Lower (Rod Bearings, O2 sensors) would constitute a FULL 60K maintenance. Rod Bearings are very significant because they commonly take a vacation/spin, taking the crank with them. Definately want to get that done.

If you can perform all the labor yourself on the above mentioned parts, it should cost you no more then $600 (depending on the vendors you choose) maybe even less. So for $1100 you will have one happy motor. Then there's everything else, but I assure you keeping up with the maintenance will keep a smile on your face as your passing other motorists with a WTF look on their face. Good luck!

PS: Check these sites out, and give it a thorough reading. Alot of helpful info here.

www.shotimes.com

http://www.shophoenixproject.com/maint.htm

 

[sho_me92]

here is another site with some pretty low prices for parts http://home.earthlink.net/~rcm_automotive/id10.html
good luck and welcome

 

[thecrew2999]

yes and something i learned from other owners of the cars ive had my hands on is use good oil dont use cheap oils or oils that claim to be good for higher milage engines etc. read what others use and go from there pick what you perfer.
same goes with trans fluid.
always keep up on maintence on these cars and they will run strong for many many miles. theres guys who race their shos on here with over 300,000 miles on them. just an idea of what to expect and always listen to the guys in theses forums since they are very well knowledged on the SHOs.
once again welcome to the forums and have fun.

 

[sho_me92]

hey

yes i perfer mobile 1