helping out a friend -- blown head gasket
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Ok, i dont know if this is the right place for this so mods, feel free to move it if it needs to be moved.
my one good friend drives an 02 chrystler sebring. He was driving around and he explained to me what happened.
1. white smoke coming from the front of the engine bay
2. thermostat shot way up and car overheated
3. you can see coolant leaking out of the bottom of the engine
he took it to one place and they told him it was a blown head gasket and wanted an assload of money to fix it. I told him to take it someplace else and get a second opinion b/c i thought it was a busted radiator (i'm mechanically retarded though)
the 2nd place he took the car too told him that he needed to replace some coolant pump ??
this thing:
anyway, what are the characteristics of a blown head gasket?
thanks in advance for your help
my one good friend drives an 02 chrystler sebring. He was driving around and he explained to me what happened.
1. white smoke coming from the front of the engine bay
2. thermostat shot way up and car overheated
3. you can see coolant leaking out of the bottom of the engine
he took it to one place and they told him it was a blown head gasket and wanted an assload of money to fix it. I told him to take it someplace else and get a second opinion b/c i thought it was a busted radiator (i'm mechanically retarded though)
the 2nd place he took the car too told him that he needed to replace some coolant pump ??
this thing:
![](http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/RobBarger/800px-2002_Dodge_Stratus_2.7L_DOHC_V6.jpg)
anyway, what are the characteristics of a blown head gasket?
thanks in advance for your help
Last edited by phillyz28; 07-31-2007 at 09:40 PM. Reason: added a pic