Car trouble

[KrazyHorse]

Cost to replace car: 2500$

Cost to replace girl: 0$

[KrazyHorse]

I really ****ing hope my head gasket isn't blown.

I'm going to be ****ing pissed if it is.

[SlowwHand]

I have a 96 Tacoma that has been aces for me.


Start with the simple and work up. Generally how it is.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I really ****ing hope my head gasket isn't blown.

I'm going to be ****ing pissed if it is.

You'll...blow a gasket?

[KrazyHorse]

I'll take a baseball bat to my ****ing car. I swear to god.

[SpencerH]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I really ****ing hope my head gasket isn't blown.

I'm going to be ****ing pissed if it is.

It can depend on how hot it got and how lucky you are. If the temp didnt get past 3/4 you should be OK.

[KrazyHorse]

It got ****ing hot ****ing quick.

But I stopped really fast when it got to that point. I killed the engine and pulled over in under half a minute. didn't restart the car until I'd refilled with coolant (plus a break of ~1/2 hour)

Car seemed to run fine for the thirty seconds I had it going as I parked it at the garage. No knocking, no funny noises. Don't know if you would be able to tell blown head gasket from that sort of thing.

[KrazyHorse]

There were certainly not plumes of white smoke (classic sign of blown head gasket) pouring out tailpipe.

I'm going to try really hard not to think about that possibility until Monday.

[SpencerH]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
It got ****ing hot ****ing quick.

But I stopped really fast when it got to that point. I killed the engine and pulled over in under half a minute. didn't restart the car until I'd refilled with coolant (plus a break of ~1/2 hour)

Car seemed to run fine for the thirty seconds I had it going as I parked it at the garage. No knocking, no funny noises. Don't know if you would be able to tell blown head gasket from that sort of thing.

If it didnt get past 3/4 you may be OK. My wife fried our Acura Legend and it still ran OK when it had cooled down despite that she had melted everything that could melt. The 'funny' part is that she nearly did it a second time in the matter of a few months.

What kills me about this bull**** is that with all the godamn bells and whistles on these cars, it cost me $2000 for the lack of a 50 cent warning sound when the engine gets too hot. How many people drive aroound constantly looking at their temp gauge - and it can go from OK to ****ed real fast.

[KrazyHorse]

Yeah. The only reason I was able to stop that quickly is that I knew there was a coolant problem, so I was driving with one eye on the thermostat, and deliberately took city streets instead of the highway (plus I was driving with the accelerator barely depressed).

If my car overheated normally, I wouldn't notice until something sounded wrong or I lost compression (which, of course, would be really bad)

[Vince278]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
If you can find some Berryman's sealant, that might work.

I had a similar problem over last Xmas. I tried sealant and not only did it not help but my water pump blew damaging the engine (now have new car). I would not recommend trying sealant, it only covers up problems that should be fixed and could make things worse.

[Gatekeeper]

Originally posted by BlackCat
Well, you are doomed - no mater what you do, your car will break down in a dark area. Soon some "nice guy" that has specialized in killing women with broken coolers will pass by and pick you up.

R.I.P.

Uh ... KH isn't a woman. Right? Or am I missing something? Transgender? Hermaphrodite?

[KrazyHorse]

Damnit, why do you have to quote people on my ignore list?

[KrazyHorse]

Anyhow, I have been told that I'm "pretty like a girl".

[Gatekeeper]

**LOL** Sorry 'bout that, KH.