[s-cars] ping vs. rattle

[Wylie Bean]

The head gasket on my car was replaced by the PO just before I bought it.... Approx 100K miles and 4 years ago.  I guess it's not at all out of the question that it could be going.  I guess it's possible w/ this sort of failure that there wouldn't be signs of crud either in the oil or in the coolant?
Wylie Bean
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-----Original Message-----
From: james McCarthy <jjssmccarthy at yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:23:15 
To: Phil Mische<pmische at att.net>; <Vittorio.Bares at nuance.com>; <djdawson2 at aol.com>; <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>; <s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] ping vs. rattle

Head gasket would be a major bummer as it&#39;s only a year old with metal gasket and arp studs...