95 SE won't start
10-08-2007, 06:42 PM
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Mystery solved, put in another set of fresh plugs, fired right up. I suspect the intake is bad, lots of white smoke. It probably sucked in a bunch of water and died and that'* when the plugs became fouled.
The owner had taken it to a shop after it died and they told him it had a blown head gasket. He didn't want to pay what they quoted him to fix it......
The owner had taken it to a shop after it died and they told him it had a blown head gasket. He didn't want to pay what they quoted him to fix it......
10-08-2007, 06:50 PM
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Re: 95 SE won't start-Fixed
Originally Posted by mike2fix
Mystery solved, put in another set of fresh plugs, fired right up. I suspect the intake is bad, lots of white smoke. It probably sucked in a bunch of water and died and that'* when the plugs became fouled.
The owner had taken it to a shop after it died and they told him it had a blown head gasket. He didn't want to pay what they quoted him to fix it......
The owner had taken it to a shop after it died and they told him it had a blown head gasket. He didn't want to pay what they quoted him to fix it......
heres the techinfo on it
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...e=article&k=38
10-08-2007, 06:54 PM
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IMHO a shop should simply do a compression test to confirm a blown head gasket before quoting some outrageous repair cost. It took me about 15 minutes to rule out a blown head gasket.
Based on what this "Shop" told him, he sold the car for next to nothing.
Based on what this "Shop" told him, he sold the car for next to nothing.
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