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Head gasket, head or engine swap? 200 1988

posted by  jon_h on  Thu Oct 23 18:41 CST 2008
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I just purchased an 88 240 192K miles w/ (per a local garage) a blown head gasket. It starts easily; runs and drive OK; misses at idle. Smoke and coolant droplets come out of the exhaust. The radiator also leaks. The garage did a "pressure test" on the cooling system and diagnosed the head gasket. perhaps they checked compression also.

I have an 87 & an 86 parts car. My choices are: 1) remove the head, get it surfaced, replace; 2) remove the head from the 88 and swap in a head from a parts car; 3) replace the motor.

I've never had a head gasket go. I've read about several here. Seems like a lot of work to replace one and given the cost of resurfacing and a gasket set it would be cheaper to swap the motor.

I think either the 86or 87 motor will bolt in.

Recommendations/ comments?
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240s: 2 drivers and some parts cars






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