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03-11-2003, 11:01 AM

Overheat and start shaking???

Guy at work told me he was driving home and all of a sudden his car was over heating and shaking. its a civic ex with 120K and auto. He took it to a mechanic and they told him his head gasket is blown.

Any idea what it could be, they wanna charge him 1,200 to fix it...Are they ripping him off. i would guess it would be easy to replace a head gasket

*pdiggitydogg* · 03-11-2003, 11:08 AM

have him take it to another mechanic...getting another opinion is best in this case... 1200 seems pretty damn expensive though...oh wait...it is. I think theyre scamming him big time...take it to the dealership (though the work will cost more they wont jerk him around w/ crazy prices like 1200 for a gasket)

ebpda9 · 03-11-2003, 11:41 AM

i wiuld start by doing a compression check. if one one piston the compression is way less than the other 3 then i would say it's a headgasket. and there is a lot of work to do the head gasket. you are paying 5-600 just for a timing belt replacement, and you need to change that too.

03-11-2003, 03:06 PM

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Originally posted by pdiggitydogg
have him take it to another mechanic...getting another opinion is best in this case... 1200 seems pretty damn expensive though...oh wait...it is. I think theyre scamming him big time...take it to the dealership (though the work will cost more they wont jerk him around w/ crazy prices like 1200 for a gasket)

I agree. I always take the dealer route...a little more expensive but pdiggitydogg is right, they dont jerk you around. They are doing a lot of work to my Teg and it is right around that price of 1200. 1200 for that one repair is VERY high.

03-11-2003, 11:01 AM	#1
Hoss Posts: n/a	What would cause a 96 civic to... Overheat and start shaking??? Guy at work told me he was driving home and all of a sudden his car was over heating and shaking. its a civic ex with 120K and auto. He took it to a mechanic and they told him his head gasket is blown. Any idea what it could be, they wanna charge him 1,200 to fix it...Are they ripping him off. i would guess it would be easy to replace a head gasket

03-11-2003, 11:41 AM	#3
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	i wiuld start by doing a compression check. if one one piston the compression is way less than the other 3 then i would say it's a headgasket. and there is a lot of work to do the head gasket. you are paying 5-600 just for a timing belt replacement, and you need to change that too. __________________

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03-11-2003, 11:08 AM	#2
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 41 Posts: 10,579	have him take it to another mechanic...getting another opinion is best in this case... 1200 seems pretty damn expensive though...oh wait...it is. I think theyre scamming him big time...take it to the dealership (though the work will cost more they wont jerk him around w/ crazy prices like 1200 for a gasket)