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<blockquote data-quote="ryan319" data-source="post: 15648157" data-attributes="member: 112716"><p>When someone says, "it only needs a tune". Walk away. As other have said, that just does not make a bit of sense. In the end, they ALWAYS need more than just a tune.</p><p></p><p>I bought a Buick Grand National about 8 years ago. Had some engine noise. Seller told me he was an mechanic and that it just needed some new lifters. I bought the car planning to rebuild the motor anyway and paid a fair price for it. Guess what? Needed the entire engine rebuilt, the only parts I could salvage were the block and heads. Turns out the noise was a wiped cam (2 lobes wiped clean) that took the rest of the motor with it, including the turbo. Didn't even have the correct crank or rods in it. Fast forward about 3 years. I ran into the seller. He was a mechanic indeed, small engine repair at a local equipment rental place. He said, how's that car. I told him the story. His words "what did you do to it?" I said, "yeah, I must have wiped the entire motor in the 3 miles from your house to mine."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ryan319, post: 15648157, member: 112716"] When someone says, "it only needs a tune". Walk away. As other have said, that just does not make a bit of sense. In the end, they ALWAYS need more than just a tune. I bought a Buick Grand National about 8 years ago. Had some engine noise. Seller told me he was an mechanic and that it just needed some new lifters. I bought the car planning to rebuild the motor anyway and paid a fair price for it. Guess what? Needed the entire engine rebuilt, the only parts I could salvage were the block and heads. Turns out the noise was a wiped cam (2 lobes wiped clean) that took the rest of the motor with it, including the turbo. Didn't even have the correct crank or rods in it. Fast forward about 3 years. I ran into the seller. He was a mechanic indeed, small engine repair at a local equipment rental place. He said, how's that car. I told him the story. His words "what did you do to it?" I said, "yeah, I must have wiped the entire motor in the 3 miles from your house to mine." [/QUOTE]
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