cally412
New LVC Member
I have a 2000 Lincoln ls v8 and I don't know where to start with this.. I bought the car with a bad engine because it was extremely cheap and Ive always wanted this car! I bought an engine and took it to a garage to install it. Upon unloading the engine from the bed of a chevy 1500 pick-up, the chain on their cherrypicker snapped and my engine fell about 4 ft and smashed off the floor causing oil to go EVERYWHERE!! They replaced the pan and continued to install the engine. After it was complete and I spent $2200 on the install and various other replacement parts they tell me I have a bad oil pump!!!!!!! which is the same labor time as swapping the engine!!! the car starts and runs but sounds absolutely HORRIBLE!! Not to mention my oil light being on! there is knocking sounds coming from what sounds like the upper end of the engine and Im not sure what to do because I lost my job behind my car not working and Im extremely low on funds now! I need some advice! someone told me the sound Im hearing could be coming from timing chain tensioners being bad but that doesn't explain the oil light. Any ideas? I would really hate to get rid of this car after buying all of the new parts for it and putting so much time into it.