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8.5
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $450
- Average Mileage:
- 151,500 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 4 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- buy gasket kit on ebay for $80 (1 reports)
- intake manifold gasket kit at advanced for $20 (1 reports)
- not sure (1 reports)
- replace intake manifold gasket (1 reports)
engine problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I bought my car a year ago and it was running fine. I did know that the fan relays didn't work so the car was over heating. Got them fixed and the car is still over heating once in awhile. But it ran perfect. One day in March it started acting like it wouldn't start unless you gave it gas. It wasn't all the time I had to give it gas but then it ended up being every time I started the car you had to give it gas for it to start. So my uncle said try changing the spark plugs. So I went to auto zone and they gave me copper plugs we put them in and my car was running way worse then it was before changing the spark plugs and it smelled like copper burning. So I called auto zone and they said that the car calls for platinum plugs. Well they are the ones who gave me the copper plugs in the first place and they knew what year, make and model my car was. So I go back and buy the platinum plugs and put them in and the car is still running worse then what it did before messing with the spark plugs. It won't go past 20 mph and it spits and sputters really bad. When we took the original spark plugs out there was oil on 2 of the front spark plugs. Now my uncle is telling me its a blown head gasket. I just don't understand. It was running fine before messing with the spark plugs. But either way my gasket was going bad and I just don't know what to do because I'm not financially stable, my uncle is too sick to help and I have to get back in forth to school.
- batton, Warren, OH, US