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water in fuel relay -is this 240 a lemon? 200 1987

posted by  chickade on  Thu May 20 13:55 CST 2004
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Thanks so much for your helpful message. I will keep in mind the need for the windshield replacement, and make sure the relay is tied up in the correct position.

Since you all have been so helpful, I could use some advice about this car. I bought it for $75.00 at a Goodwill auction in Jan. 04. It currently has 122,000 miles and no rust, small dents here and there, but nothing that couldn't be easily fixed.

However the car has been extremely unreliable. Every week something else goes wrong. In the beginning it had a vacuum leak, which took a long time to isolate, then we found out it had three broken motor mounts, a rusted out exhaust system and bad ball joints. We replaced the rear brakes. Then a wiper motor went, then the fuel relay twice and now brake problems again, something in the hydrolic system.

I want to give the car to my son who is 16 and just beginning to drive, but I don't want to give him a lemon. Is there such a thing as a car that will never work right, no matter what you do?

Thanks in advance for your advice.






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