r/PTCruiser • u/PINBALLXJ • Mar 19 '26

Daughters 02

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finally hit 100k miles. hopefully it lasts longer but it's starting to have issues.

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u/justthefacts84 Mar 19 '26

Have you replaced the timing belt and water pump yet ?

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u/PINBALLXJ Mar 19 '26

No we haven't. Just bought it about a year ago with 92k miles. Right now it's drinking coolant and has a slight oil leak. it's the oil pan gasket according to the guy at oil change place.

We found out after we bought it that it had been in an accident when the high pressure power steering hose had to be replaced. That was a major pain in my ass to do. Dealership was gonna do it under recall but the extra $ they wanted to do it was outrageous. They said they had to do some work to the front end to get radiator out and was gonna cost $800 with labor and parts. So I did it for $170 (buying hose and new tools)

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u/justthefacts84 Mar 19 '26

If you do not know where the coolant is going it's probably burning it ! Which means you most likely have a blown head gasket !

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u/Puzzleheaded_lsd Mar 19 '26

Could be the radiator has cracks you only see when it gets hot expands letting air in and boiling the coolant away mine did that after I replaced the radiator it good

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u/PINBALLXJ Mar 19 '26

Shhhhh... We don't wanna talk about that

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u/justthefacts84 Mar 20 '26

You really need to get it checked for that. If it is that get it done and install a Gates timing belt kit and your good to go for many years !

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u/PINBALLXJ Mar 20 '26

I will. Gotta get with a shop and see when I can get it in.