blown head gasket 97 mercury mystic?

Question

i was told i would be better off replaceing the engin or buying another car because it will caust me over 1,500 dollars to fix it and i may have to pay for other possible problems because ford cars are known for having blown head gasket problems what do you think i should do

Answer 1

i would send the car to the Shedder you get more $ then just junking it cus when you replace the head gasket most of the time you have to have the head shaved and a new timeing belt
so your looking at more then $1,500 How many miles doing the car have? and how good is the body on the car? it's really up to you cus your the one who has to pay that much $ out

sorry about your luck
have a good day
hope this help

Answer 2

It depends on how long you ran the car with a blown head gasket. When it began to overheat, did you "push" for that extra mile or stop immediately when the lights on the dash board came on?

Blown head gaskets exist in all cars, not just Fords. It comes with the territory of mating two metal parts together.

Done properly, after replacing the head gasket, your car should run fine. This includes getting the engine head inspected and machined if necessary. So I guess the real question is how much faith you have with your mechanic and what type of warranty he is willing to offer. A properly rebuild engine will typically last as long as your original engine, and $1500 beats having a car payment.

Answer 3

Depends on the condition of your car. Whats it worth ? Do you love the car or hate it? Did water get into the oil? If water is in the oil replace the engine If no water in the oil replacing the head gasket is all you need to do. Make sure they plane the head and check the block for being flat. If both are good it should be no trouble to fix. Good luck hope I helped.
Tech for 20 years

Answer 4

chevys have minimum coolant interior the intake, basically one passage accross all my 350's on my vettes have blown head gaskets on 2 adjacent cylinders, pull the plugs and spin it over and see if any coolant comes flying out, or in case you have seperate twin exhaust one area will fog, or smoke and the different wont, specific it could leak yet its no longer likely and via the way you ought to pull the intake to get to the heads, you didnt point out if it lacking or runing tough, ? if its 2 cyliders long gone, this is going to misfire and run undesirable, if its the intake manifild this is going to basically suck the water down in the time of the cam area into the oil pan, besides in case you pull the intake you ought to verify the water path from the front of the intake the place it leaked, different clever its pull the top thats undesirable, the different possibilty is a cracked head from over heating, or a cracked block, long tale short you like a real end gasket set seem to verify if the gasket failed, it will be glaring various the time and one cylinder could have coolant in it,

Answer 5

i used to have a 94 mercury cougar....blew the head gaskets and it cost me about $1200 to fix

get a new car man