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Known Head Gasket problems????? 850 1996

posted by  someone claiming to be masher on  Fri Dec 10 04:23 CST 2004 [RELATED]

My friends "babied" 96 850 with 125K miles suddenly started leaking some oil!!
Dealer says its a combo of oil and antifreeze and that the head gasket is suspect!! Problem is this.........my friend maintained this 850 from new like a swiss watch and NEVER abused it or overheated it!! What gives??? Is the 5 cylinder known to "just" let a head gasket go??? Cost to repair about $2K and he's figuring on dumping the car!! The car runs/drives like a dream so there is no MAJOR gasket blow. Is this just an annoying thing and the car can go another 100K or are 850's known to just "pop" a gasket like the Foard Taurus???






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New Known Head Gasket problems????? [850][1996]
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