2000 3.8L v6 P0463C code
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2000 3.8L v6 P0463C code
Hey everyone, I just bought a 2000 v6 and the engine light is on with the above code as well as a few other evap codes. Just wondering if anyone on here has had this issue and how you went about fixing it. Also the car has a slight knock so we are going to pull the motor and replace the crank and bearings if it’s a bad rod, is there anything else I should replace while I’m in there? The car has 134k miles on it.
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Sorry, never run into that code before. You may want to look at a used engine. There 3800 are pretty rock solid so they are dirt cheap in the junk yards. We have seen guys find motors with 10-20,000 miles on them for 4-$500. Check out the V6 section for 3800 transplant information.
FYI: the most common failure to these motors bottom ends is a stretched rod. IMO most likely due to cheap rod bolts. The last one of these I had a part was had metal in oil and was going to require new Cam bearing and the block dipped in the hot tank.
FYI: the most common failure to these motors bottom ends is a stretched rod. IMO most likely due to cheap rod bolts. The last one of these I had a part was had metal in oil and was going to require new Cam bearing and the block dipped in the hot tank.
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Sorry, never run into that code before. You may want to look at a used engine. There 3800 are pretty rock solid so they are dirt cheap in the junk yards. We have seen guys find motors with 10-20,000 miles on them for 4-$500. Check out the V6 section for 3800 transplant information.
FYI: the most common failure to these motors bottom ends is a stretched rod. IMO most likely due to cheap rod bolts. The last one of these I had a part was had metal in oil and was going to require new Cam bearing and the block dipped in the hot tank.
FYI: the most common failure to these motors bottom ends is a stretched rod. IMO most likely due to cheap rod bolts. The last one of these I had a part was had metal in oil and was going to require new Cam bearing and the block dipped in the hot tank.
where are you finding prices like that? Local yards or online?
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