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Originally Posted by SlickGT1
Do you get the feeling he is getting shafted by those mechanics.
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Respectfully, I am very skeptical if a diagnosis from a dealer or an Indy does not have a clear, definitive cause or they even hint the cause could be something beyond what they will initially repair. Because of past experience I conclude that is a masked promise the repair will end up costing a lot more than the low cost estimate. Applying that to this thread would mean OP will be the second instance where the heads are also bad. I sincerely hope that is not the case.
I have had it evolve to something even worse. I was away so I told my daughter to take her 944 to an Indy shop, that had a very good reputation, to see why it was losing coolant. They said they it was the head gasket but if it got very hot the head could be warped. I authorized them to pull the head.
After that suck cost in the disassembly and the 944 disabled, they said not only was the head warped but the block was damaged so she needed a new engine. They expected I would replace the engine as they gave me the cost of repair, a used and new engine. They knew we had an emotional attachment to the car. My daughter loved it since she was knee high. I had saved it for her.
It just didn't smell right, and my daughter is a motor head so she wouldn't let it get that hot. Without saying anything, had a wrecker pick up the pieces. I checked the head and the block myself--they were fine. I got a new head gasket and put it back together. My daughter has been running the wheels off it for two years without any problems.