Fast2500Ak Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 This may be a dumb question since you're used to living in a cold weather climate, but how cold was it? My old truck overheated on me once when it was about -10 outside. Turned out I didn't have the correct ratio of antifreeze and my radiator froze solid. With no water circulation the truck overheated. The temp guage was all over the place. I let everything thaw out, flushed the radiator and that bad boy fired right back up. That just happened to me at -40 to -50 degree weather, not fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonj87 Posted February 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 what about an alternator going bad causing weirdness on the guages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonj87 Posted February 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 This just in .. dididiidid.... attention.. mr and mrs america.. and all the ships at sea.... head gasket.. they are doing a compression test to confirm before they tear it down. 900 to 1000 is the projected cost, and since they cant mill the head there, it will take 3 days to get the whole job done. we are calling the ins to see if they will cover a rental.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big O Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 tough break man ... but luckily it is gettin solved ... it seems the time without a vehicle is more damaging then the repair itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonj87 Posted February 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 yeah.. lookin at a rental car now.. 190 bucks for the rest of the week so she can get to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big O Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Rent a sunfire and do an engine swap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Rent a sunfire and do an engine swap *Note to self - never loan Big O my car Bonj - sorry man, yeah head gasket would sound about right, a leakdown test will verify that real fast. Mr. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonj87 Posted February 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 they did a compression test to verify Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr82sxs Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 rough times mike.. good luck with the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_forma Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 sorry it was a head gasket but at least you are in the process of getting it fixed. My dumb roommate did the same thing not long ago. Overheated his car and kept trying to drive it once it cooled down. He was impatient and bought another motor to drop in which set him back about 3x as much just so he could have his car 3 days earlier than if they just fixed the original problem. Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxerrider Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 mike sorry about the wifes car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allballz57 Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Mike, sorry I didn't see this sooner,I just did a head gasket on my wifes cav. last weekend. It took six hours total ( taking my time).I spent 135 on the milling and 100 bucks for the fel-pro gasket kit. not too bad.It is a surprisingly simple job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonj87 Posted February 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Mike, sorry I didn't see this sooner,I just did a head gasket on my wifes cav. last weekend. It took six hours total ( taking my time).I spent 135 on the milling and 100 bucks for the fel-pro gasket kit. not too bad.It is a surprisingly simple job. gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh OH WELL .. yeah.. maybe next time LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonj87 Posted February 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 the news is getting worse and worse.. the head is no good.. its cracked.. the shop (or maybe me) has to find a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxerrider Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Have you been looking? Last time I got a head it was about $150 for a Nissian. Have you looked in craigs list or ebay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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