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7.6
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $1,830
- Average Mileage:
- 98,850 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 29 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (12 reports)
- keep adding oil (8 reports)
- purchase oil weekly! (4 reports)
- rebuild engine ($2300) or replace engine with used ($2000) (2 reports)
- rebuild head and new rings (2 reports)
- replace oil ring (1 reports)
engine problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I purchased a Used 2000 Chevy Prizm with a 1.8L VVT and manual trans. with 96000 miles. I notice it uses oil really bad on the highway and not to bad in the city. Well I use the car to drive 80 miles round trip a day. It uses 1/2 to a 1 quart of oil a 80 mile trip. If I drive it 160 miles on a Interstate at 75 to 80 mph then it uses 2 quarts. The entire time I didn't notice any smoke, just dark burnt oil deposits on my garage door. I took the car in to have new oil rings installed and found out the cylinder head needed rebuilt especially the valve guides. They had alot of wear. It cost $750 for the head to be rebuilt. So I would say this is a design flaw in the head to have that much wear at 96000 miles. My mechanic has told me that the crosshatching in the cylinders. Well I had them install new rings while the head was off. I am sure this will fix the problem for a while. I will keep this complaint going. Thanks
- Brad R., Terre Haute, IN, US