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Re: Turbo Headgasket Decision
Posted by Jeff Rininger - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms/e.php (more from Jeff Rininger - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms/e.php) on Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:48:44
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00

> Looking for advice on possible headgasket problem on 1989 900 Turbo.

A quick check is to pull the spark plugs and look for telltale green
deposits (antifreeze) on the insulators.
For the definitive answer, get yourself a 'block check' kit from NAPA
(or wherever). You put it on the coolant reservoir, run the engine, and
it tells you (changes color) if combustion gasses are getting into the
coolant. If the fluid in the checker changes from blue to 'urine
yellow' -- bzzzzt, thank you for playing. Either the head is cracked or
the head gasket is history, or maybe both. Between $1200 and $2000 will
have to move from your wallet to your mechanic's. If it's only the
gasket, machine work (valve job, surfacing) and gaskets will be about
$700 if you want to do it yourself.

- Jeff Rininger
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