Hey guys hows it going?Well i have abit of a question.I have a 97 cav 2.2 and it has a blown head gasket.I was ither looking to fix or swap but nto sure what to do.I have the money to fix and or swap.It has 150 000km's on it,body has one little dent and little rust.To fix the head gasket it would cost $600 with everything.so what would be the way to go?Just need some opinions plz and thank you
FIXING A HEADGASKET ON A 2.2 DOES NOT COST $600.
you could do it yourself with three hours and about $75, start to finish.
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Rich Grayo Jr. wrote:FIXING A HEADGASKET ON A 2.2 DOES NOT COST $600.
you could do it yourself with three hours and about $75, start to finish.
labor times for having a shop do it will cost that much/
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around here hourly cost at a mechanic is aroung 70-80 dollars an hour. but i did do head gasket job last fall which i spent roughly 200 on parts. when i bought the gasket kit, it came with the headgasket, intake manifold gasket, upper and lower manifold gasket, all the smaller gaskets needed, and all the O-rings. i also bought new oil and new antifreeze. oh the kit was from felpro i believe. if you do deside to do it yourself make sure you get the head machined.
It's "standard procedure" to also replace the head bolts...
(I don't know anyone who has re-used the old head bolts, so
don't know what can happen in that case...)
Hopefully someone else will explain....
I just noticed today that my oil and coolant are mixing and i belieave that it just happend cuz i checked my oil last week thursday and nothing and i didnt drive it thease last 3 days untill late yesterday and i checked it today and seen the milky look and also oil still in there. I guess i just cought it in time. I just looked at the felpro kit and i dont think i need all them other gaskets so should i just order the head gaskit and the head bolts?
Ok i have another question. i pretty much cought this right away should i chagned the oil right away so the oil with coolant isnt just sitting in the motor? I wont get to doing this project for a few days and a buddy of mine said to change the oil right away so it doesnt mess up my bottom end is that true?
OnEBaDAzZz24 wrote:Ok i have another question. i pretty much cought this right away should i chagned the oil right away so the oil with coolant isnt just sitting in the motor? I wont get to doing this project for a few days and a buddy of mine said to change the oil right away so it doesnt mess up my bottom end is that true?
yes.
You can leave oil out of your car for as long as you need to. As long as you don't plan on cranking it. get the coolant out of there asap!
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my 96 did that and it took us like a hole day to fix bc we didnt have it on a car lift at the time but its nto supper hard to do but its a bitch
OnEBaDAzZz24 wrote:I just noticed today that my oil and coolant are mixing and i belieave that it just happend cuz i checked my oil last week thursday and nothing and i didnt drive it thease last 3 days untill late yesterday and i checked it today and seen the milky look and also oil still in there. I guess i just cought it in time. I just looked at the felpro kit and i dont think i need all them other gaskets so should i just order the head gaskit and the head bolts?
get the kit AND the bolts. the kit has all the gaskets you'll need to get TO the head gasket, and its never a bad idea to change teh gaskets that are geting old. NEVER reuse head bolts, our bolts are torque-to-yeild, which means once they're torqued PROPERLY, the next time you try to torque them, they simply keep stretching. you WILL NOT get an accurate measurement, as well as running the risk of snapping.
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I emptyed out the oil tonight and i only had about a palm full of milky oil so im glad i cought it right away. Ill have to get another torque wrench cuz the last one i got broke. But thanks for the info. I think i might start this on saturday.
