Car died-moving forward

[project15]

I've shot a piston out of my engine before. The rod broke sometime while I was driving and caused the engine to lose quite a bit of power, but it was still drivable. I kept driving it so that I could pull into my work parking lot. I guess while I was driving it, the broken piston shot out of the engine. After that, I wasn't able to get it started.

I wouldn't blame the brother in law for this like you seem to be doing. He just happened to be caught sitting at the wheel when the final piece snapped.

The only way he could've damaged a perfectly good engine by force starting it was if the engine was flooded with water or another liquid (fuel or oil). That can cause the rod to break as well. However, if it was already experiencing symptoms of a weakened engine, but still running, I doubt that this was the case.

[project15]

I also say fix it. The $2500 sounds reasonable, but definitely get other quotes. You shouldn't necessarily need to tow it to different shops, just tell them that you need an engine replaced. If they give you a better quote, bring it to them. If they get in there during the work and find that the job isn't as big as originally thought, then you'll save some money too.

[elessar78]

I posted this question verbatim in here and in another (NFL related) forum. The responses here are predominantly to repair the car. While the other was 50/50... fix it or buy a more expensive one.