Can you expand on the "frozen piston"/"I'm still driving the car" diagnosis? This is not something that I've come across in 25 years of working on cars. I might be using the wrong term then...my understanding is that of the four pistons (cylinders?) only three are firing. So whe...

Can you expand on the "frozen piston"/"I'm still driving the car" diagnosis? This is not something that I've come across in 25 years of working on cars. I might be using the wrong term then...my understanding is that of the four pistons (cylinders?) only three are firing. So whe...

I have a 2006 Vibe that has a frozen piston, and has for about two years now. I have 139K miles on it. I've been to a few mechanics (2nd and 3rd opinions) and I've heard that the only fix is a new engine. I'm essentially driving it until the engine goes. From what I can tell my options are: 1) get a...

I'm sadly not as versed in mechanics as I should be, so I think it was a cylinder that was dead. Three are running now, so when I idle it feels like it wants to stall. And my mileage isn't what it used to be. Not horrible, but down for sure. My usual mechanic ran a bunch of tests and for awhile thou...

My 2006 Vibe has been running a bit rough, and after a bunch of digging my mechanic tells me that one of the pistons isn't firing. He said the car will probably work like this for about a year, but eventually I'll cook my catalytic converter. His recommendations were either 1) drive it til it dies, ...