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justin1138@REMOVEnet says...
> "Dean S. Lautermilch=AE=B2=BA=BA=B3" > wrote=
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> > I had a tire blow and took the car to a tire store and they said I had =
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> > leaking head gasket. The car just hit 100K miles. I was wondering how t=
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> > tell if that is true and what is the average cost for replacing a head
> > gasket?
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> Your car burning coolant, oil is frothy/waterdowned, oily coolant, higher=
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> than average operating temperature, etc. are all signs of a blown head=20
> gasket. Assuming you haven't melted your cylinder head, it should be lik=
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> $300 to $400 or so for a head gasket replacement. You might wanna see ho=
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> much your Saturn dealer would charge to replace it before taking it=20
> elsewhere, though most shops can do it fairly easily. Get it done sooner=
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> than later to avoid unnecessary engine damage/overheating/warping. If yo=
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> need a new head, they might run another $300-$400 or so on top of the res=
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> of the work.


Do a "cylinder leak down test".