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captaincrunchtogo
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Jan 13, 2010, 9:06 PM

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Hello,

I am a college student with a "new" car. This is my first vehicle. I have a 2000 Ford Focus SE. The body has 139,000 and the engine has roughly 95,000. Last Thursday, I started up my car and after it was started it started making a loud rattling or knocking sound which could be heard for quite the distance. It didn't have any troubles starting, stopping, turning, or accelerating. I had driven it about 6 blocks roundtrip with this noise. I was going to have a friend look at it in his garage but when i got it in drive and out of my parking spot, the car just died. No other noises except for the same noise that i had already had and no lights lit up signaling a problem. When i tried to restart it, it would just crank but not turn over. A mechanic friend thinks it is the timing belt. I have tried researching online and have seen a few saying that it is a dropped valve seat. I currently have it in a shop waiting to get it looked at. Any ideas so i dont get scammed into replacing something that doesn't need replaced

Sidom
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Jan 13, 2010, 9:47 PM

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Well I guess if you feel all technicians are scammers the best idea would be to learn how to do it yourself so you don't have to deal with those crooks........

captaincrunchtogo
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Jan 13, 2010, 10:37 PM

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its not that i think they are crooks it is that some mechanics will take advantage of you and your situation if you let them. And I want to be knowledgeable so that it doesn't happen to me.

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