WTB: K8 for MX3 (in good shape)

[93Colttsi]

Looking for a good shape motor that doesn't smoke and has good compression.

Will pay around $200 for a good shape one.

I live in the lower mainland in Chilliwack.

I dont come on here often so best bet is to phone me'

My name is Brett and my # is 604 613 8336.

Thanks!

[umcamara]

I have one in Winnipeg with 130,000 km's on it. I may have a method of getting it out there too... It's from a '95 GS, with an automatic transmission. PM me if interested.

Curtis

[93Colttsi]

crap, yeah if it wasn;t so far away and i didn't have to wait for it to show up i would be all over that. I went to pickapart today and exhanged the engine... they had another k8 from a 5-speed car but it also was showing crappy on a turn over by hand compression test. some of the cylinders were showing no psi at all.. and others were shooting up to 60 psi by just cranking over by hand.. Water got into the combustion chambers and rusted the rings and valves up... engine looked good besides that.


I could probably do a cheap rebuild i guess... but i dont feel like investing the time or money on a gasket set/rings/bearings to do that.


I can get ahold of some KLDE's out of mx-6's but i hear that my K8 auto tranny wont hold up very good to that engine...... the k8 auto has a hard enough time trying to hold the power from the k8 engine!

[solo_ryder]

Brett you are in Chilliwack right.. Keep checking pick a part even though you have been there before, they are always getting new mx's there. If that don't work.. you can always do a 5 speed swap.. even though it is abot of work.

The k8 tranny wont hold up to a DE, but if you do the 5 speed swap.. You can get a DE from a 626, mx6 or a probe gt..

[AaronTietje]

I just sold mine for 50 to my buddy....sorry

[93Colttsi]

yeah i live in chilliwack...

I already sold the car to a daughter of a friend of my father in law...i told her id have it ready by this weekend!

Thats why im sorta in a jam and need to get the car running/driving good asap otherwise ill loose the sale.

[93Colttsi]

oh and pickapart has one other k8 but someone took the valve covers and its been sitting in the rain rusting all the valvetrain components. so that engine is a no go either.

Ill keep checking at pickapart tho everyday and see if they get a new k8 car in.

[solo_ryder]

oh and pickapart has one other k8 but someone took the valve covers and its been sitting in the rain rusting all the valvetrain components. so that engine is a no go either.

Ill keep checking at pickapart tho everyday and see if they get a new k8 car in.

Well, you may lose the sale, but it will give you more time.. Its not your fault you couldnt find a motor in time. Maybe take the time and get a decent motor and then sell after.

[93Colttsi]

yeah well "have" a engine.... but it turned out to be no good. same thing happend... ppl took the spark plugs out and water got into the combustion chambers and rusted the valves and rings out.


im almost wondering if i dump a bunch or oil down there and turn the engine over a bunch of it will help.... but i also dont want to install the engine and then find out its crap and wont run good.

I think the engine is crap tho as there was HUGE globs of oil sludge buildup inside the valve covers. Looked like no one had ever changed the oil ever!

I still have the original K8 i pulled from the car... seems to get good compression numbers but it blows blue smoke that smells like gas, or running rich. The plugs were all really old and the gaps were huge so i put new plugs in it and it helped a ton... but it still blew blue smoke that smelled like gas a bit when it warmed up.

Im thinking it might have just had bad clogged/sticky injectors maybe?

Maybe i can resurect it and get it going again.

[mikeinaus]

theres a few used parts places in surrey and mitchell island. you could try there but they may be expensive... ralphs on mitchell island has like 10+ mx3's but i dont know about the quality.

[EggyRollz]

I have a K8 i'm pulling out of my purple car. It has 'supposedly' 107,xxx miles. Speedometer/odometer seemed to work fine when I drove it =P

However I live in Utah lol.

[mikeinaus]

probably worth checking this out http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/pml/c ... 47399.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; could easily make your money back parting out what you dont need.

[MrMazda92]

If I manage to get a ZE in my car this summer, I'd sell you a 157,000 Mile K8 that runs pretty well.

It hasn't ever smoked or given me any problems, the only thing I can think of that is bad would be the lifters tick, and I have no experience working on that, so IDK how that would affect value.

[93Colttsi]

thanks for the replies and PM's... ended up justr throwing the old tires K8 back in there... its still going strong!

[93Colttsi]

It is normal for the lifters to tick tick tick tick tick till its warmed up on the k8's?


common problem?