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be a man and get the head gasket replaced - it's only money | 3 | 13.64% | |
try to find and drop in another engine - possibly save some money | 9 | 40.91% | |
give up and buy a "better" condition car. - quitter/good idea? | 8 | 36.36% | |
drop this car and import one - i am thinking of this one | 1 | 4.55% | |
"give it to me" and dont drive | 3 | 13.64% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll |
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Darkness, I can truly sympathize with you.
I was in the same position about two months ago... except my moneypit was an 88 XJ (Cherokee). Four years ago I made a bad purchase, eliminated those problems by building a new jeep out of three not so good jeeps and 21K later I had one reliable rockcrawler (check out the pics in my locker). Drove it for a year and a half with a brand new drive line and had no problems. Until the horsepower and torque of my "built" motor french fried my crappy Dana 35 (a common problem). Since I haven't wheeled much since the birth of my youngest daughter (who is one and a half) I called it quits and am now in the process of parting it out. It hurt like hell to rip apart something (cool) that I had built with my own hands but realistically I am much happier with another Suby and the proceeds from my parts will completely pay for my SVX and several repairs. My advice to you is determine how deep you want to dig this moneypit. Next if you decide to keep your current SVX then like many others here I would suggest learning to work on it yourself. If most of your mechanical problems stem from the engine but the rest of the car has been pretty reliable then yeah I would agree with Tom on this one... swap in a new(er) motor. Just my opinion. Ira |
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thanks for the replies guys.
the guys at subaru just changed out the thermostat - going for the cheap fix. though i thought it was the thermostat that wasn't working properly. they said i'd know if it was the thermostat in about a week? (didn't understand that one).
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$2000-3000 IS a ripoff to do a head gasket on an SVX, which is why I ended up doing it myself. Several shops I spoke to wouldn't even TOUCH the job when I told them what it was, how many miles on the car, etc., and EVERYONE told me the engine has to be pulled to do it, which I didn't believe. I did both head gaskets by myself with the engine in the car, had the heads checked and milled, replaced the front main seals, valve cover gaskets, etc., for about $400. It's been a year now and it hasn't overheated since.
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the car had 302k kms on it when i bought it.
it has 337 now.
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so the gates of hell run on the metric system?
Tom |
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i live in canada. but also the car is japanese so it would be metric . i believe we use imperial.
well....in honest opinion, i think it this way. "is your car japanese or domestic?'
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