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Quoted From dreamer2355:
I would have possible fixed your old vehicle than buying a newer one.
However, that vehicle would make a great learning vehicle if your interested in the automotive field.
Good luck with the new Buick!
Lol, I started Automotive Technology Classes on Jan 9th. So far I’ve gotten %100 on three assignments in my brakes and suspension class and an 87% and 89% on quizzes in my manual transmissions class. I’m going for my ASE so I’m getting better grades than the kids who are there just for fun. As far as the Century goes I’m going to clean up the interior and sell it on cragislist as is.
Possibly a camshaft broken in half and this a very common problem with the 3100.Have seen this a few times,pull the camshaft out and it is broken.Engine block is automatically junk when this happens.Found out why it happens too,the engine block was was not casted right and the 3100 engine blocks were casted in China.The camshaft journals were casted offset and Jasper,an engine/transmission reman company is the only place that has the tooling to fix this problem.
Quoted From wafrederick:
Possibly a camshaft broken in half and this a very common problem with the 3100.Have seen this a few times,pull the camshaft out and it is broken.Engine block is automatically junk when this happens.Found out why it happens too,the engine block was was not casted right and the 3100 engine blocks were casted in China.The camshaft journals were casted offset and Jasper,an engine/transmission reman company is the only place that has the tooling to fix this problem.
Camshaft shouldn’t be broken. I’m getting 21-25mpg out of it. Guy at work listened to it and said it sounds like a bad camshaft bearing. make sense. I remember back in 09 I was quite buzzed and tried to back out of a driveway with the parking brake on. Noise started after that. I just switched to 10w-40 and after it idles 5-10 mins the noise is gone.
That oil is too thick (depending on your climate location) and it will cause oil starvation issues at start up.
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