Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:58:34 +0000 From: Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: Re: blown headgasket
"Charles C." wrote: > 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. I happened to ask the mechanic I use about head gaskets on a 9000 some time back. Because you have to remove the timing chain, there's all the dismantling / reassembly to be done there including all the belts etc... Quite a few hours of labour. Graham
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