Mar car is compleatly ****ed up
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Clean the engine bay really well and find exactly where the oil leaks are coming from. You never know, it could just be one nasty oil leak that is spewing gunk all over the engine bay.
Do you have evidence that the head gasket is really bad, aside from the mechanic saying it is? Look under the oil filler cap and see if you see a milky white substance - that would indicate water or coolant in the oil. Are you losing coolant? If you replace the head gasket, make sure you find the reason why it went bad. Make sure the head is flat and not warped, and use new Torx-style head bolts torqued down with the correct pattern (see a service manual). When you do the headgasket, make sure to do the timing belt & water pump at the same time, since they are right there. Oh yeah, don't set the head down on its valves. They will bend.
I doubt it is as bad as you think. It could be something really simple like a leaking valve cover gasket, which makes it look like the rest of it is leaking too. The oil pan gasket is a pain to change out with the engine in the car, but it can be done without a bunch of tools. The head gasket would take a while and is more difficult.. Take it one at a time. If you do it yourself it won't break your wallet too much.
HTH.
-Ben
Do you have evidence that the head gasket is really bad, aside from the mechanic saying it is? Look under the oil filler cap and see if you see a milky white substance - that would indicate water or coolant in the oil. Are you losing coolant? If you replace the head gasket, make sure you find the reason why it went bad. Make sure the head is flat and not warped, and use new Torx-style head bolts torqued down with the correct pattern (see a service manual). When you do the headgasket, make sure to do the timing belt & water pump at the same time, since they are right there. Oh yeah, don't set the head down on its valves. They will bend.
I doubt it is as bad as you think. It could be something really simple like a leaking valve cover gasket, which makes it look like the rest of it is leaking too. The oil pan gasket is a pain to change out with the engine in the car, but it can be done without a bunch of tools. The head gasket would take a while and is more difficult.. Take it one at a time. If you do it yourself it won't break your wallet too much.
HTH.
-Ben
Yeah well im thinking my water pump is going too. I was looking under the hood trying to find where the lea was comeing from and I head a grinding/gurguling noise. Sounds kinda like a pump with air in it. But from what I can hear its right up at the front of the car by the alternator so I don't know. I have not seen a coolent loss so im thinking that fisrt mechanic had no idea what he was talking about, houw could I not have a coolant leak if my headgasket was leaking? anyways Im bringing it to another guy monday to give me the stats on all that is wrong.
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the oil pan gasket isnt that bad. it didnt take me that long. all you need is an engine hoist and some wrenches. take off the exhaust pipes, unbolt the motor mounts, jack the thing up about 4-5 inches, take off the cover between the oil pan and the tranny and some other shit up under there and then take off the oil pan.
it was the valve gasket. But its about $600 to fix all the rest of the leaks. I think I might just sell it and get 1 90-91 Coupe instead.![[thumb]](/images/smilies/icon_smile_thumb.gif "Thumbs Up [thumb]"){kind=icon}
chuni959 said:
i have to say, i havent heard the greatest things about you, Rukus ![[:(]](/images/smilies/frown.png "Frown [:(]")
but I'd seriously like to know what you are talking about.
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