Recent content by Russ1940

I don't recall if I gave you the shop's latest diagnosis. They said the belt was good. The crankcase was full of coolant. They said that is why no oil showed on the dipstick. All they offered for a reason was "something catastrophic happened, like a blown head gasket. They said they could...

Did you say you knew where an engine might be available? Idaho?

I'm they guy that has the CRD that blew up. The shop finally came up with a better explanation other than "out of oil." The timing belt they changed in Jan. is intact. The engine was not out of oil, the crankcase was full of coolant. He said that because the coolant floats on top of the oil...

After thinking more about the re-tensioning comment, how would one know that happened? Wouldn't everything with the timing belt look A-OK if opened up?

Thanks, I'll share what you just posted with them. Yep on the call back. Maybe they are as trustworthy as I had thought prior to this experience.

Last night I left a rather scathing review online for the shop that gave me the "out of oil" diagnosis. This morning I got a call from the service manager who offered to do a more thorough diagnosis at their cost. Can't say no to that! I'm not expecting a better outcome but maybe I'll be...

Can't find a bell and can't seem to get past the items sort to register in LostJeeps. Please pass my info on to Geordi! Thanks! I'm taking it to another shop for their diagnosis. If the timing belt is intact I'm out of ideas and will move on. I have a friend that offered to tow it to a Jeep...

Hmm, how does one send a PM? :)

Thanks for your post. I visited the shop this a.m. and it did not go well. They told me the engine was out of oil. My reply was you did an oil change less than 3k miles ago. They said the dip stick showed no oil. This car did NOT burn oil and there was no sign of leakage. I'd see it...

Thanks... At this time I'm not thinking of having it diagnosed.

Was driving my '06 Liberty CRD on the freeway at about 60 mph when I heard a **** and it quit running. I wasn't in a good spot to stop so I put it into neutral and coasted about 300 yards to an off ramp. Had it towed to my garage and got a call today. They said the engine is stuck, they can't...