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05-12-2004, 09:32 PM
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please help car over heated and blow the head gasket
hello guys i am new, yesterday i was ridding with my girlfriend and the car ( 1997 eclipse rs)over heated and the turned off, i took the car to the mechaninc to see where is the problem so first we found the head gakest have blowing and we might have to change the head, i have a friend whose a mechanic and i know a littel about cars. so should i pull the head off the pressure test and see if there is any cracks and if there is should i replace it with a new head. how hard is the job and did any one here have done it, please give my any advice before i start pulling the head off. please guys help i really need it. by the way i found why the car is over heating, it is the chemostat the pulled off the the spring was bent in.
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05-13-2004, 02:35 AM
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Re: please help car over heated and blow the head gasket
yeah id have a mechanic or someone that knows bout it check the head.. if its just the gasket diy its cheaper... buy a manual and gasket at pep boys or somethin.. shouldnt take more than a hour or two
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05-13-2004, 03:00 AM
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HAHAHAHAHAHA... what 420a motor have you been working on... you arent goin to get anywere close to even having the head off in 2 hrs... exspecially if you dont know much about the car!!! i have worked on my car for quite some time now and i struggle by myself to get the head gasket replaced in 4hrs and i know what i am doin, what shit has to come off, stuff like that, plus i dont have a timing belt cover on it! 10x easier cause the 420a motors suck to get the timing belt cover off and even setting the timing belt sucks ass! if you have never worked on one before i suggest you take it to someone who has!!!
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05-13-2004, 03:21 AM
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Re: please help car over heated and blow the head gasket
4 real.. huh dunno were i read its a two hour job if your using the manual.. well shit in that case yeah i prolly wouldnt try it.. im bound to f*** somethin up lmao
im too used to small block chevys n shiz.. thats what i was grown up on.. my grandpaw would turn over in his grave if he knew i was driving a mitsu... i tell myself it has a chrysler motor... thats how i sleep at night hah
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05-13-2004, 01:52 PM
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05-13-2004, 02:22 PM
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Re: please help car over heated and blow the head gasket
get the head pressure tested. change the oil and coolant cuz they both be shot if your head leaked, u probably already know to do this and its a pita to change the head without draining em but.... make sure when you put it back together to get the timing right an make sure you have regular head bolts not strech bolts. lay a straight edge along the threads of the bolt if the thread dip in the middle u have strech bolts and you need new one to put the head back on. u might want to change the timing belt too since you have to take it all apart anyway
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