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"OF COURSE" well "Probably" it's the head-gasket.
Posted by jwr (more from jwr) on Wed, 6 Nov 2002 13:23:51
In Reply to: To answer all the questions..., Julia, Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:41:38
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Does this car come w/ it's records? A 2.1l Saab engine from '91-'93 is practically guarunteed to have a head-gasket failure by 116k miles. The factory installed coolant corroded the alloy in the cylinder head. Either their's a fat bill for the repair in the glove-compartment (or somewhere), or, someone w/ a trained eye can look at the gasket itself where its forward, driver side corner sticks out from between the block and the head, and see whether the thing is relatively new or is 116k miles old. If it's the original gasket, there is NO WAY it doesn't need repair. How else to say this: It's possible that it's not the head-gasket - as in it's possible that the President is from Mars. But it is entirely unreasonable to say it's not the head-gasket.
Further, if the gasket is new, that still doesn't mean it doesn't need to be replaced again. In the sense that anything is possible, Stetson's may be right. But their claim doesn't have a chance of being reasonable unless they can show that this repair has already been done, and done properly. I would consider getting back your $$, and waiting for the right 5-speed to come along, from a different dealer.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Stetson's Auto Sales in Maine not honoring warranty!, Julia, Wed, 6 Nov 2002 10:07:19
- I guess I'll throw my $0.02 in on this thread... (long), Alex Bucell, Thu, 7 Nov 2002 00:41:36
- that's a shame, Alex, Wed, 6 Nov 2002 19:50:43
- Since you have a 30 day warranty..., Randy Thatcher
, Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:28:09 - Legal Remedies in Maine, Mike Powers, Wed, 6 Nov 2002 12:16:59
- Age/Milage/Law, Randy Thatcher
, Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:22:12 - Did you get the warranty in writing?, jwr, Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:11:17
- Re: Stetson's Auto Sales in Maine not honoring warranty!, spike, Wed, 6 Nov 2002 10:35:55
- Re: Stetson's Auto Sales in Maine not honoring warranty!, compaqted, Wed, 6 Nov 2002 10:30:37
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