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Blown headgasket or Piston rings? 700

posted by  dialex on  Sun Oct 30 12:23 CST 2005
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I would like to thank everybody for your moral support and good knowedge- I changed the head gasket my self yesterday, and before I started I had my neibourgh look at the engine( he's got a Volvo shop) and he was clear: "The piston rings are gone, you need a new engine, this thing is not turning,
Any way this was discouraging egnough before I started the job, but I kept the faith, and few hours later I took the head off- no scuffs just little rust from the water I added when on I-95, sprayed the cylinders with WD40, rotated few times, now this thing is spinning fine.So then put the new head gasket, attached hoses and belts, and guess what: THE CAR STARTED after 2 turns!!!! It was diagnosed dead by one ASE certified mechanic who ripped me off, and again by volvo shop mechanic who has worked on hundreds of Volvos, Now the question is the guy who changed the first gasket, he serviced the whole cooling system, I mean I was very busy and the only reason I went to him was because of my schedule, he changed water pump, radiator, hoses, retrofitted the AC to 134, and head gasket- $1627 and didn't change the heater control valve, he said I have warranty, on What?
Regards,
Alex






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