93 Mazda MX6 Mechanical Advise Needed!?

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Young Buck

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I recently purchased a Mazda MX6 2.0L 5Spd off of a friend. I purchased it as a project car. It ran roughly a month ago until the engine just stopped. It is NOT the timing belt, nor the Serpentine Belt, that has been checked. When the ignition key is turned, the engine cranks but does not turn-over. He stated that the mechanic he brought the car to told him that the engine was only gunked up and it needed the Oil Pump replaced. I brought it to my own mechanic and he agreed with the diagnosis. This is total gunkage inside of the engine. Please also know that the engine has over 200k and when the engine stopped, it was at a high RPM. So the question is this; Is the engine salvageable, and if so, how to do it?
 
If your engine doesn't turn over when cranking, sounds to me like your engine has seized up, try jumping it, get a few friends to push you, put it in 2nd gear with the ignition on and let the clutch out, if it just stops dead your engine is definitaly buggerd, if it chugs and jumps and chugs it aint seized
 
over 200,000 miles...go to a salvage yard and buy another engine, to many miles on this one, don't waste any more time , you are just wasting money..even if it runs again it still will have 200,000 miles and something else internal will go wrong, it just isn't worth it
 
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