Hi all! Just wanted to introduce myself!
I purchased my first MM as a wrecked 2003 back in 2004. It was rear-ended on the highway and a total loss, but the powertrain and most of the interior was perfect with only 34k miles on it.
The wrecked car sat in my driveway or garage for nearly 10 years, before I finally parted it out completely and hauled off the carcass (pun intended). I removed the suspension after rolling on the trailer, the only thing left for the junkyard was a little bit of body and the frame.
Last August I found an 03 MM listed for sale at a U-Pull It in Beaumont for $6k. Guy said it "had a bad coil misfire". I drove out and looked it, and sure enough it had a misfire. Looked more closely and found RTV everywhere, as if someone had tried to rebuild the engine without using any gaskets. I guesstimated it had more than a bad coil, and offered the guy $3.5K, knowing it had been sitting on his lot for 2 months. Ended up paying $4k.
Once I got home with it, I found leaking valve covers with 2 coils completely covered. I also found 1 cylinder with 90psi compression (135psi on the rest).
I decided the engine in it was dead, and swapped it with my now 13 year sitting un-run, 34k mile motor.
The new engine started but misfired like only half of it was running. A quick check with the IDS and VCM 2 showed good compression, but only 5 fuel injectors working.
Swapped 3 injectors from the other motor and it runs great now! Although I'm still working through details of figuring out what all is broken on the rest car!
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Originally Posted by Thugveloz
