Laughing Stock

[BigWheel]

Buyer beware!! I bought my Festy knowing it had some work to be done. Expected about $200 to $300 worth of parts and now I'm at about $400. Before I bought the car I checked it out from top to bottom, inside and out. No major warning signs AT ALL. After one week at home I blew a head gasket and found the radiator full of oil. Had a friend of mine that's a very good mechanic do the work on the head which included new gaskets, grind valves, etc. etc. Did compression tests and left nothing to chance. Car ran a little rough but after I did a complete tune up (plugs, wires, dist cap, rotor, fuel filter, timing belt, hoses, air filter, pcv valve and more) she runs so smooth it's unreal. Last night I noticed a pretty significant oil leak that appears to be coming from the valve cover which has a new gasket. Apparently it didn't set well. Then today I checked the coolant and guess what I found? Black gold!!! My radiator is again full of oil. It's as though everything was ready to break and I bought it at just the right time....for the previous owner. When I'm finished everything will be new but I'll be broke. Please tell me there is a positive end in sight.

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[jasonpaulbauer]

Was the engine completely flushed after finding oil in the coolant the first time?

[Sparky]

Don't worry, dude...you'll have that car on the road before you know it!

[Gforcefd]

Check to make sure your headbolts where torqued down to the Haynes manual specs. I had to redo a headgasket on my yellow car after I bought it from my uncle, blew a couple weeks after I gave him the cash. Some times there are no signs this will happen. And everyonce in a while you get a lemon.

[piratewilly]

Check to make sure your headbolts where torqued down to the Haynes manual specs. I had to redo a headgasket on my yellow car after I bought it from my uncle, blew a couple weeks after I gave him the cash. Some times there are no signs this will happen. And everyonce in a while you get a lemon.

ahh cars break down, thats what they do. if u didn't flush the block it probably is from that, if it is the head gasket again u'll just have to put a new one on it. Really there is no reason to complain cause we have all been there and complaining only makes u more mad. just if u do have to pull the head again double check that its straight, not warped, before u put it back on and make sure u torque to specs