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Originally Posted by nrubenstein
Honestly, you should probably sell the car. If you can’t do the diagnostic work yourself, throwing money at a car that is expensive to maintain and not worth much is a bad idea.
Especially given that it’s been poorly maintained. (You only get sludge if the car is poorly maintained.)
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The only way the car has been poorly maintained is if the mechanics poorly maintained it. I purchased the car new, straight from the factory while living in Germany and have had regular maintenance as required, even after the warranty expired. Matter fact, I just had maintenance (what I call a tune up) spark plugs, coils replaced, etc., last year. Which is why I don’t understand these issues. Yeah, due to my schedule on few occasions there may have been a few times that I did not get an oil change on the exact date that it was due, but only a few weeks over due. I was in the military and while deployed my car did sit in storage for a year, but my understanding is that they serviced it while there. Plus, I am a female that has no clue what to do on a car, nor a male to rely, so I have to rely on professional mechanics to maintain my car. I have never had any major problems with the car prior to moving to Chicago in 2016, now it is always something.