What would you do?

[Ian Newhall]

I just bought a truck from a co-worker. I bought it knowing it had a busted engine. I was going to try and rebuild the engine because it only has 134k miles on it. It's a 97 Sonoma. So when i started it up, i got it up the hill in my driveway where i would be working on it. As soon as i got it up the hill it stalled out. now it starts for about 5 seconds and dies. I attached a video of what the engine sounds like. Should i find out what is causing the issue or should i just do an engine swap?

 

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[Robert Bedo]

That sounds bad. I would replace it.