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Question

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my timing belt broke off when i was driving and the engine itself had 106,000 miles. so we got another head gasket with all the fillers, water pump and new belts and oil changed. but my mechanic got a used head gasket and cleaned it off and put the used head(and said it was good) into my car except he used the lifters and the cams from the broken headgasket into my "new" one because it was less worn then the used headgasket. the car runs fine now

my question is will i see any problems later on this and does it seem the head was older then what it really was? how do i make sure this lasts for a long time or should i get a new car

Answer 1

I don't get it, he used the lifters and cams from your old head gasket? Why would he use a used head gasket? With all that labor involved, why not pay the extra money for a new one. I'm sorry, I just don't understand the work that was done. Wait, did he get used heads or used head gaskets?

I'm not an eclipse expert, sorry. But they are junk, especially after the timing belt breaks, junk. I would say that you could do a pretty good temp fix up, but that it will see problems again. I would get rid of it, don't you ever wonder why you see eclipses for 2000 dollars? You know the person selling it still owes money on it, they just want to get rid of it.