Im a fool.
Now Im a broke fool.
I got a quote of 3400 for a new engine and declined that place.
I spent 2K on a new engine at the 1st repair place still I had many problems.
The 2nd place told me, I need the wiring harness ($1800) as the 1st place damaged it and because of that, my gas gauge is broken, my windshield wipers are haywire, the oil light is haywire and the temp gauge is broke. He changed the harness- then let me know the intake seal needs to be fixed ($456). My new window button was $250. All this is taking a extra week it seems..today he said- the cluster board needs to be replaced as the gauges still do not work, new one is $1200.
Im not doing that as I have no more money left. I wish I knew about the lawsuit in the first place and went to the dealer. My engine was filled with the "GUNK" described and the 2 mechanics that looked at it initially said, it had to go. It had 70K miles.