What could this be??

[kmk_7110]

I've been looking for a used transmission for my 93 Escort and I planned to change it with help. I've mainly been looking on craigslist and seen some that were ok but were to far to haul the car. I was looking and I found this one about one and a half hours away from me. Reasonable drive for someone not liking city driving. The car i could get for less then the transmission shop said they could do it for. I was looking through the pictures and watched the video of the car starting up because he said it had troubles starting. http://s105.photobucket.com/albums/m213/the_wolf2/?action=view&current=MOV02111.flv
That is the video of the car starting. I've talked to some people and they said it could be the injector problem they were having a while back with the gas problems and I was told this was a costly fix. I am mechanicaly inclined and may be able to do something with the car if I can diagnose the problem. What could cause this, and what other things should I look for before buying the car?

 

[rndn]

Re: What could this be??

Sounds like a fuel issue to me. Fuel pump, fuel filter, injector(s)?

 

[mrfixitman40]

Re: What could this be??

once it starts does it run smooth ? how many miles ? will it idle ok? the way it was cranking over sounds like a timing belt may be out a couple teeth . those are one of the cheapest and easiest cars to fix . another thing i would look at is the fuel filter often forgotten on those cars since they are hid on the firewall

 

[kmk_7110]

Re: What could this be??

The car has 130k miles on it. I don't know how it idles after started up or if it dies after starting. I'm at school and they block yahoo email so i can't mail the guy untill i get home. From the video it sounded good right before it ended it sounds like it didn't have a good muffler and neither does mine, and are injectors an expensive fix? I know fuel pump is kinda costly but not bad, and fuel filter isn't bad.

 

[puddle jumper]

Re: What could this be??

To me it sounded like the timing is out. Probably needs a timing belt and hope the valves have not hit the tops of the pistons.

 

[mrfixitman40]

Re: What could this be??

sounds like timing is the issue and you don't have to worry about valves hitting on those should be an easy fairly cheap fix