It's best to find a good indy to do the head gasket. If you bring it to a dealer you will be looking at probably spending $2000-$3000 or more before you're done because they will want to rebuild the head too, which is actually a good idea.

Fact is if you are pulling the head it is probably a good time to have it rebuilt which will add another $700-$1200 to the job but will prevent other problems which would require pulling the head again to repair.

This is why the car was only $200 and why most people who would buy it would do the work themselves. You will land up spending more than the car is worth getting it running again if you pay someone to do the work correctly and do what should be done.

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Marty D.

2013 C300 4Matic
1984 BMW 733i
2013 Lincoln MKz