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Question on driving car with leaking head gasket...
Posted by aaron [Email] (more from aaron) on Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:37:58
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I'm expecting a "Don't drive the car!"...
After reading Haynes, and many of the posts on this list, I'm thinking of paying a highly recommened Saab mech about 30 miles away to do my head gasket (saves me lots of learn time and trouble if something goes wrong)... He quoted me $1100.
My car still runs, rough at start-up, then smooths out, but I do lose coolant, both into the engine, and from being pushed out the resevoir cap...
The car is running cool with new radiator, thermostat, and thermoswitch...
Saab mech said that if the car is still running ok, to take injector #1 off-line which will cut down on coolant loss, then being VERY CAREFUL to be sure I keep coolant in the radiator (temp guage won't help without coolant), to drive the car to the county line where his friendly tow truck company will tow it to his shop for a flat rate of $45 anywhere in the county (I'm in Miami-Dade, he's in Broward).
I have AAA, but I only get 6 miles. Could always up my AAA membership and get the long distance towing and call in a month or so, but I have ethical issues with that.
Or, I could drive until I'm 6 miles from the county line...
Or just drive all the way there if it stays cool and I keep fluid in it, right??
What do y'all think?
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Posts in this Thread:
- Question on driving car with leaking head gasket..., aaron, Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:37:58 <-- Viewing This Message
- fill it, keep an extra gallon or 2 and drive the 30!, Henry Helfman
, Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:29:57 - Have a friend with a trailer hitch?, Urby, Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:12:59
- How much gas pressure into the coolant?(long), DickT
, Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:36:21 - AAA suggestion.., rhale, Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:48:47
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