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Re: '01 9-5 blown head gaskets - worth replacing?
Posted by KevinH [Email] (more from KevinH) on Mon, 8 Jun 2009 06:09:13
In Reply to: '01 9-5 blown head gaskets - worth replacing?, 12barblues, Fri, 5 Jun 2009 19:28:41
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Like the other posters, I advise you to find a new mechanic.
A few months back, I had a suspected bad head gasket - a lot of coolant was mysteriously disappearing, and the coolant system had a lot of excess pressure in it. One local indy quoted me $1500 for the head gasket job. My favorite indy (who are a 45 minute drive away) quoted me a $950. Given that I have those guys do my major services, I think they were being very fair with the price.
Anyway, once they removed the valve cover gasket they found several of the head bolts were not torqued to spec - one at the corner was even loose. My mechanic, being extremely honest, simply torqued the bolts to spec, charged me $150 and I was out the door!
KevinH
'00 9-5 Aero 133K
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