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Old 04-18-2009, 03:03 AM
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If the car has that many miles on it the engine is not one of the "bad" ones. It would have been dead around 120,000 miles.

New rods are available that are stronger, as are cylinder sleeves to correct a ruined block. (Normally there are no sleeves)

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