Still Steamed

"webmonkees" (kayoteq-of-the-forest) 08/15/2013 at 11:29 • Filed to: None

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Dangit.

Head gaskets are a pita..

but a breeze on an older car compared to most anything produced after 1993. imho.

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Choose Your Adventure

You see steam out the tailpipe. That gasket lasted 50k. Guess you'll make sure that water pump belt works correctly next time, eh?

Well, it's not going anywhere.

Too nice to get rid of, despite the impending costs.

At 200K miles, it's not worth much anyway.

Hence the conflict.

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You see: Another car. A model with a high risk of needing a head gasket. Deja Vu.

[For illustrative purposes. You may substitute in whatever your particular favorite model's Achilles Tendon is and assume this is the procedure needed to make it work properly again, or preventive maintenance to keep the valves from being bent or such mayhem. Proving a negative. "The belt didn't break because I changed it before it did", as a TARDIS driver would explain]

Do you:

Get somebody competent experienced and hourly to repair your car. Turn to page 43

Use the excuse to get another vehicle and slowly repair the old one. Turn to page 23

Sneakily, you get the other vehicle and have its gaskets fixed. Turn to page 88

Your mind finally snaps and the loud siren call of the automotive dealership ads that yells every syllable resonates in your primal center. You Must Lease A Camry. Turn to page 0

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > webmonkees 08/15/2013 at 11:31

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McMike > webmonkees 08/15/2013 at 11:39

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"Still Steamed"

Sweet turbo, bro.

http://jalopnik.com/how-much-can-c…

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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > McMike 08/15/2013 at 11:55

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webmonkees > webmonkees 08/15/2013 at 13:11

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Great Scott, you're right. Steam powered Stirling motor tied into the pressures ventilating into the coolant system powers a flywheel that charges the battery.

*all these parts are available but it wouldn't look factory.