Alright heres the low down. Last year i was offroading, and sucked some water up. Bad, very bad. On top of that kept overheating. So it's been a year and almost a month since, and about 16K mi's. I really need to put an engine in my truck. I have to add at least 5 qt's of oil a week. I get 16~18mpg with a 80mi round trip to work.I owe 10 grand on it, and i need a truck quite often, so selling/trading in is not an option.
Now i found 2 engines for a reasonable amount one for $600 that is local with "8000 mi" and one 2-3 hours away for $800, with 38K but it's someone on a forum that i've spoken with many times.
Here's the dilemma, i found a '94 Geo Metro for sale on
ebay for cheap [right now] but it's in town. So i'm stumped. Should i take the gamble on a potential very high FE car, or ignore it and fix what i got.
I should mention that saving is hard for me right now, trying to climb out of some bad debt and i spend 130-170 a week on gas, and barely make 500 before tax.
I'm going to call the place tomorrow and go take a look. I can get a jumper pack to test it, plus i have fuses with me. I know i should check where the lower arms meet on the frame.
So what do you all think?