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Assuming you're keeping the car...
Posted by Noel [Email] (more from Noel) on Sun, 18 Nov 2012 07:11:46
In Reply to: How long can a head gasket last on a turbo 9000?, Bill Homer [Profile/Gallery]
, Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:51:51
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it's probably worth doing the job. The exhaust one will get worse over time and the bubbling and noise are not good signs. I had one stud broken off on my '96 when my daughter had the car out west for 16 months. The work was done with the engine in the car. The shop doing the work broke off two studs and replaced them with the head in the car, but the pros can do that kind of thing. 13K miles later all is well.
OTOH, at 200K you can probably justify a head gasket if you're keeping the car. Maybe you could pull the head and get it to a machine shop. Doing the studs is a pretty normal job for a machinist with the head on a bench.
Posts in this Thread:
- How long can a head gasket last on a turbo 9000?, Bill Homer , Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:51:51
- Just did head gasket and took care of exhuast studs, BT, Sun, 18 Nov 2012 08:52:41
- Assuming you're keeping the car..., Noel, Sun, 18 Nov 2012 07:11:46 <-- Viewing This Message
- just dealt with almost same thing, Shawsheen, Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:46:52
- Re: How long can a head gasket last on a turbo 9000?, DickT , Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:44:47
- Re: How long can a head gasket last on a turbo 9000?, T. Christopher, Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:56:21
- Re: How long can a head gasket last on a turbo 9000?, Simon S, Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:15:37
- Re: How long can a head gasket last on a turbo 9000?, Vicsaero95, Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:06:36
- Re: How long can a head gasket last ?, dref, Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:15:13
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