Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:45:03 GMT From: "Dexter J" <lamealameadingdongnospamlamelame.org> Subject: Re: blown headgasket
Salutations: On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:12:36 -0500, Tom Reingold <trn07040-nospamnospamast.net> wrote: > yaofengchennospaml.com wrote: >> Where in Noo Joizy are you located? I have a 94cs recently wrecked in >> the front end. The car is declared total by insurance but is >> driveable. It has a good engine at 140k miles (176k odo, I replaced >> the engine at 105k with a 69k one). It may be cheaper to replace the >> engine. > > I live in Maplewood. The car is in Warren. Where are you? You really > think it's realistic for me to buy the engine from you? > > For you folks in other countries, Noo Joizy is a joke for "New Jersey" > which is one of the 50 states. I am in the New York City metropolitan > area. > > I am assuming that the $1,000 for the job is reasonable. That's not my > question. > > I see the "blue book" value is about $3,000, if it were in good shape, > which it is not any more. > > I could: > > 1. fix it and sell it. I was really close to selling it anyway. > > 2. fix it and keep it for another year or so. > > 3. sell it as is. I can't get much for it, if anything. > > 3. donate it as is. I might get a big tax break for it, because the > donation might be based on blue blok value, regardless of condition. But > I won't get the money for another year. > > If I am going to get rid of it, it means I am in a hurry to buy a new > (used) car. That's a bad position to be in. I am less likely to get a > good price for the car I buy. In that case, it may not matter that I'm > throwing a bit of money away to get it fixed. Does that make any sense? > > Tom Brother Tom - very sorry to read you are having troubles. That 9000 seemed like a solid ride. Basically I would shop around your head gasket job because it's really not a big thing in and of itself and shouldn't cost that much. However, I would have them tear it down and confirm some important conditions before buying parts and giving them the go-ahead to repair. The gasket is probably just age - but could also be the harbinger of things to come - and therein lays the trouble. There are a couple of really serious reasons for a head gasket to go: blow-by at the rings and corrosion in the water channels (pressurizing others) being two. A non-fatally cracked head can do it by slightly warping under pressure against the gasket. However, the 16 valve engine will consume a head gasket just by use alone. So - what you need to find out is what the pistons, barrels and decks look like before you make the deeper call. If it turns out you are in the market, I happen to have a peach NG900 I'm trying to flog for $4,200 CND (like what - $3,500 USD?) that I'm over extended in. It's not perfect, but it's good. Be glad to meet you in New Hampshire with it if you end up having to put a round between your 9000's lamps. Cheers and good luck. I think Quasimotor's has a decent write-up on head gasket failures on the 9000 and their possible causes. Well worth a look over for clues I feel. -- Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/063.RAM all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in no sign up required - all the Time Dexter J's fab SAAB 900 for sale: http://www.dexterdyne.org/310.HTM
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