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Originally Posted by PrimeTimeSlime How often do you see cracked heads when they come in w/ head gasket problems? |
about 80-90% of the time they have cracked heads and/or blocks
the other 10-20% of the people who bring them in are fine because they are somewhat car smart and shut it off at the first sign of any overheating (say the temp needle starts shooting up or is starting to run above normal.)
but the majority of people will try to go as far as they can before shutting off the car, or be too cheap to have it towed into the shop and drive it there themselves!
when people like that come in i basically tell them a rough cost for possible head replacement , reason why, and future advice.