well, after about 6 hours of cursing, fighting, and bleeding, i managed to give the Single Overhead Cam driven 2.4L engine new life. I changed the plugs, flushed the radiator, changed the oil, put in a new fuel filter, and decided, well lets see what happens, so i try to crank it, and nothing happens, not even a click, so i get in the fuse box, and try them all, and low and behold, the fuel pump fuse was dead, along with the starter, after changing the fuses, i give it another shot, still nothing, at this point i jump the starter, and it cranks, idles for a second, and dies, so i go and get some starting fluid, and air intake cleaner, sprayed it in there, and was playing with the throttle, it would crank, and as long as i gave it ether, it was happy, so i thought, the only thing that its missing is fuel, obviously indicated by it cranking on ether, so i check the fuel pump, and so shockingly, it was dead, great, i went up to the store, got a pump $90 fucking dollars, count it $90 dollars for a pump, i was pissed, then the guy says you'll need a new sock, i was pissed at this point, and didnt care that much, so i asked him, how much is it, the guy looks at his screen, and says $10, im not too upset, but then heres the shocker, the guy didnt have one in stock, and said i would have to order one from him because there was a "shortage of them" thats a quote, so at this point, i laugh, call him a dumbass, pay for the pump, and walk out to go to another store, and haha, ill be damned, they have a surplus of them, but they are $16, i didnt care anymore, i wanted my car to run, so after fiddling around with the damn pump, i finally get it in, and check to make sure its spitting liquid fire, i am pleased, so i hook it all back up, and turn it over, first try, i was amazed, it idled like shit though, so i raised it up to about 4.5K, and rode it out, after about 15 minutes of that, i let it idle, and hey hey, who wouldve guessed, it ran fine, it stutters every now and then, but its manual, and idleing at 800rpms, so i am thoroughly pleased, i check all the fluid levels, its fine, then i open the radiator cap, BIG mistake, out comes oozing some brown liquid that resembles bubbly shit, so i smell it (what can i say, im weird) it distinctly smells of old rusty ASS, so i flush it again, and pour some new coolant in it, i didnt care, i bought 10 gallons because i was sure it would leak, it does a bit from the water pump, but not enough to make me care yet, i cant drive it due to lack of glass, but hey, it made my day.
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