Leaking head gasket
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Leaking head gasket just found out that my head gasket is leaking and im not looking foward to spending the money to have it replaced, and was just wondering what my other options were, other then just leaving it. Anyone?
how cheap are you? if you let it be.. ultimately your car will become undriveable and ruin other parts in the process.
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it's hard to own this car.. or any car unless you have money for the unexpected.
$1500 is actually a fair price if you paid a shop... doing the job with the motor in the car is tricky.
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if you have another car.. just drive it.. and take yours apart a little at a time.
you want to avoid warping a head or worse if you continue to drive.
what car is it exactly? miles?
you want to avoid warping a head or worse if you continue to drive.
what car is it exactly? miles?
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Do they have a lemon law where you live? I'm not sure the law even here, but I know here in MA the buyer has some rights against immediate mechanical catastrophe. Not that I'm big on litigation, but tough to believe the seller woulnd't know a head gasket was gone. Anyway strange, in years on tech, my first time I think reading of someone who blew a headgasket on these cars.
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the guy said he could have the heads both redone at the machine shop, put on the kit of gaskets and head bolts (inner and outer), and put my headers on for 1500$ i think that a pretty good price
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Do they have a lemon law where you live? I'm not sure the law even here, but I know here in MA the buyer has some rights against immediate mechanical catastrophe. Not that I'm big on litigation, but tough to believe the seller woulnd't know a head gasket was gone. Anyway strange, in years on tech, my first time I think reading of someone who blew a headgasket on these cars.
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Unfortunately it looks like you'll just have to park it until you get it fixed. You don't want to drive with a bad head gasket, it can lead to damaging other things if you keep driving it.
I just blew a rod bearing in my engine and am looking at having to put a whole new one in my car, $2500 that I don't have, so I know how you feel about the lack of money
I just blew a rod bearing in my engine and am looking at having to put a whole new one in my car, $2500 that I don't have, so I know how you feel about the lack of money
