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Originally Posted by ah-kay
Do you know the root cause?? It is expensive, difficult to R&R and may not resolve it.
I suspect it the the head gasket. A few ways to check first.
1) Is the coolant system pressurized real quick after you start the engine?
2) when the engine is cold, remove the cap, top up coolant to marked line,start engine. Does the coolant rises almost immediately?
3) Losing coolant daily/weekly?
All these points to HG failure.
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No. Neither do you, nor does he.
It's preventative maintenance.
If it hasn't been done in the life of the car to his knowledge, just do it, especially if you're going to even think along the lines of head gasket replacement. You'd want to replace it anyway. And it rules one more thing out.
A water pump is expensive and hard to replace? OK!
