Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:14:58 +0000 From: "Charles C." <c.k.christacopoulos_removeme_nospamee.ac.uk> Subject: Re: blown headgasket
Tom Reingold wrote: > > My car is a 1995 9000CS with 171,000 miles on it. I just blew the > headgasket. It will cost about $1,000 to get it all fixed, provided > there are no surprises like a cracked head. My mechanic says he only > sees cracked heads from running long and hard while overheated, which I > haven't done. > > So it's an old car, not worth much, but certainly worth a heck of a lot > less with a blown headgasket. I was thinking of selling soon and now > this happens. > > What would you do? > > If I get it fixed, I'm sort of committed to keeping the car at least > another year. Or maybe not. > What dollars is that? Australlian, Canadian, US. (This geographical correctness catches on after a while ... really it is for the exchange rate) If USD ... it sounds expensive. What will the mechanic do for that much (sorry my experience from heads ... and cracked ones :-) ... is from c900s). I don't know if there are peculiarities to the 9000 head ... but in my simple mind it is a set of gaskets, given the mileage a skimming (refasing) of the head (new oil and coolant) + labour. You could recondition the head but that is another story. Regards Charles (And then I do the translation and if it is 2USD to 1GBP a couple of hundred dollards too expensive perhaps). -- Please remove _removeme_ to reply. Work: http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/ Hobby: http://www.egothor.org/
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