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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 09:29 PM
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Unhappy cl engine problem

Hey guys is there a problem when installing the cl type s engines .I recently dropped a used engine in my car and it had 80 000 miles on it not a week later the engine started nocking come to find out that it was the bearings that went ,then i purchased another engine with 100 000 miles on it and 400 miles later catastrohic failure is there anything special i have to do to make this not happen again.
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 10:54 PM
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what kind of car??
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 06:12 PM
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 06:13 PM
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test before u buy u need to drop oil pan always have some one with u that know or have engine runing b 4 u buy
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by South Africa
Hey guys is there a problem when installing the cl type s engines .I recently dropped a used engine in my car and it had 80 000 miles on it not a week later the engine started nocking come to find out that it was the bearings that went ,then i purchased another engine with 100 000 miles on it and 400 miles later catastrohic failure is there anything special i have to do to make this not happen again.
quit buying engines from whomever you are getting them from.

take one and rebuild it, take the other one and sell the usable parts like the head and block
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