Yeah, I just hope the brake pedal doesn't end up mushy do to the significantly larger piston. I really hate mushy brakes but I hate messing with master cylinders more.
Damn it. I literally bought and installed new pads and rotors three days ago. Kept going back and forth between going MS6 or OE replacement.... Had I had this visual four days ago, there's no doubt I'd have gone MS6.Ms6 brakes v msp brakes
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If the chain broke you could have bent valves to deal with. The second gen 6s are actually pretty good cars, we rarely had problems at the dealer with them aside from the sunglasses holders breaking and the exhaust gaskets wearing out and squeaking. I would look for a V6, they actually run pretty decent. A CX7 wouldn't be bad but honestly I would stay away from the turbo models, the 2.5s are pretty solid.
It's a long-term relationship and we have children, so she's a wife.
I've already assumed it would need a head and checked local salvage yard stock. Heads range from $450-800. Factor in a timing set, gasket set, head bolts and timing tools and I could come out as cheap as $1,000. I wouldn't imagine I'd exceed $2,000, but with my luck, there'd be damage to a piston or cylinder wall.
I've replaced axle seals in EVERY transmission I've replaced as well as having replaced them as normal repairs on my other Protege's and I've never had an issue. I hear the "OEM only" argument often, but normally the failure is installer error. There was a guy on the FB pages a couple of months ago who was having chronic camshaft seal failure, advised by others that it was caused by aftermarket seals (Fel-Pro) and instructed him to purchase OEM to correct the problem. After he stated it was his fourth set to go in, I told him it's probably not the fact he went with aftermarket and there is another cause. Advised him to check the valve cover gasket where it meets the cam caps. Sure enough... it was the valve cover gasket. While I understand this scenario was directly related to a misdiagnosis, there were so many people telling him the problem was the fact he used aftermarket cam seals rather than OEM. I've been a service manager for 10 years now and I hear the same s*** from techs- "if it was OEM it wouldn't have leaked!".. bulls***, Tech B did the exact same job five times last quarter using the exact same seals on the exact same application- they're not leaking... In short, if you go with a quality, well-known aftermarket replacement, whether it be a seal, gasket, engine component, etc, and install it correctly, you'll likely not have a problem. Also assuming the concern was properly and accurately diagnosed to begin with.
