[axemurder]

So I seem to have found a good deal on this car but would like some input from the pro's before purchasing it.

The guy told me that he replaced the intake manifold gasket since it was mixing coolent and oil, after doing some reading on the subject it seems this is quite a big problem.

I have yet to find any permenant fix's for this. is there any? All I have read is people saying to replace the gasket but wont it just fail again? If I flushed out the coolent and put my own in would that help? My fear is that it will go unnoticed when it goes next and the engine will overheat because this will be my GF's car and she very possibly will not notice the temp gauge in the red.

Also are there any other problem areas that I should look closly at?

And one more....what happens if the timing belt snaps? Do the valves party with the pistons?

Thanks