The head gasket issue is up for grabs.. I will not comment on that at this
point in time.....
However... your motor has two frost plugs that are leaking.... Two out of
many... The 94 Explorer isn't something I work on every day.... but I'd
guess at least 10 frost plugs. If two are leaking... how long before
others
are leaking? Read my lips "I DON'T KNOW"... and neither do you... nor
anyone
else...
Would I be far wrong in assuming you don't know the last time the cooling
system had a service performed?
This is top posted... If you do not like this format, pretend that there
is
a lot of **** above it.... Pretend that there is nothing below it....
Pretend that you actually know people in a sense that you an actually
touch
them.... Chat rooms... text messaging... what next? Whew... that was
close.
"Erik" <groups@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:1bfb7cbe-9cd3-4f89-b679-5ffe182c505c@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi all,
>
> This past weekend I took my car in to get its regular checkup. I have
> a '94 Ford Explorer S****t, 4.0 liter engine, 6 cylinder (I think),
> stick ****ft, and over 150,000 miles.
>
> Everything went fine, except when the mechanic showed me the car as it
> was hoisted up. He ****ned a flashlight on two circular indentations
> that looked like they were leaking and told me that the gasket (I
> assume he meant the head gasket) and a freeze plug needed to be
> fixed. He said 3 days and $900.00. He told me I could probably drive
> around for a little bit, but don't get into any big road trips or the
> heat would cause my gasket to break, potentially damaging the rest of
> the engine.
>
> Just to be safe I took my car into another shop today and told them
> what I was looking for. They hoisted the car up and took a look
> around, and came back saying that they couldn't find a gasket issue,
> but I have two freeze plugs leaking and that they could fix it for
> around $170.
>
> That's a big difference. I'm thinking of going to a third location to
> see what they say. I also wanted to get the opinions of this group.
> What do you think? How hard is a gasket issue to find?
>
> Much thanks,
> Erik
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