# How did low 4WD kill the engine? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet, blazer\ **Created:** [February 18, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704 "2010-02-18T16:26:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704/41 "2010-02-21T12:46:27Z")
Amen-Kevin ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704/42 "2010-02-21T14:26:39Z")
I’d still LOVE to know how the first place diagnosed ‘no compression’ when they obviously didn’t even crank the engine. If it were me, I wouldn’t go back there again. Glad everything turned out alright 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704/43 "2010-02-21T14:27:58Z")
I wonder if you’d chosen to have them replace the engine if they would have sold you your own good engine as a used engine… ---
**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704/44 "2010-02-22T20:22:18Z")
Oblivion, I’m sure glad you’re not a crook; because, you can sure THINK like a crook! ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704/45 "2010-02-22T20:41:41Z")
I want the names of the mechanics who pronounced your Blazer engine dead. With spring around the corner, I may want them to make the same pronouncement about my lawnmower engine! ---
**Author:** ![emanresu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@emanresu](https://community.cartalk.com/u/emanresu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704/46 "2010-02-22T21:09:05Z")
yeah, now I get chills when I think about that. but I really have no option of not going simply because it snowed. as a poor grad student making ultra low wage to support a family, i have to make it to these meetings. sadness in the education system. when it snows, k-12 all closes, but not university. ---
**Author:** ![emanresu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@emanresu](https://community.cartalk.com/u/emanresu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704/47 "2010-02-22T21:11:30Z")
I agree. however, with a car sitting in the bay not drivable, I consider myself lucky that they were interested in buying it. I doubt that I could just call them up and say “hey, I have a great 4WD blazer for sale, do you want it?” and hide the fact that it is not drivable at the moment… ---
**Author:** ![emanresu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@emanresu](https://community.cartalk.com/u/emanresu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704/48 "2010-02-22T21:14:58Z")
here is a hint. their colors look like McDonald’s, their name starts with the same letter, and they give you a touch but don’t ask you if you want fries to go with that engine. ---
**Author:** ![EllyEllis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@EllyEllis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EllyEllis)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704/49 "2010-02-22T21:20:42Z")
I agree, with coolant in the oil the bearings could suffer. I had a 4wd S-10 with the same engine. I had the intake manifold replaced and not long after the rods were knocking. {or that’s what they said{ ---
**Author:** ![emanresu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@emanresu](https://community.cartalk.com/u/emanresu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704/50 "2010-02-22T21:21:13Z")
that’s how some crooked business make money nowadays. Not just on cars, but on computers too. put death sentence on a healthy component, so the customer pay a lot more, and then go on to ebay or something to sell that component to make extra money. this is the price to pay for lacking knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![EllyEllis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@EllyEllis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EllyEllis)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704/51 "2010-02-22T21:28:06Z")
The S-10 4.3 4wd that I had could start in 2nd. {that’s an automatic} ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704/52 "2010-02-25T01:15:50Z")
I suppose I have a very underutilized criminal mind. LOL ---
**Author:** ![rogerw126](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@rogerw126](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rogerw126)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704/53 "2010-02-25T08:14:55Z")
I’m thinking that even a really ignorant person wouldn’t rev the engine that high. The gasket idea brings the thought of water in the engine. Have the mechanics pulled the spark plugs and tried to roll it over? Do not, I repeat, DO NOT look down at the spark plug hole while cranking–a buddy got an eyeful of oily gassy water one time that way. If it turns over freely, then maybe it’s a blown gasket. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-low-4wd-kill-the-engine/44704.md?page=2)