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$5000 oil leaks? 1992 100S -Reply
Your mechanic apparently graduated from your school and is giving you "the
business." How much oil will $5k buy? Just say NO!
Regards, Gross Scruggs
Never mind world peace...just visualize using your turn signals!
>>> Debu Purohit <purohit@haas.berkeley.edu> 04/18/97 02:33pm >>>
I have a 1992 100S with about 59K miles. Over the last few months, I've noticed
a few oil drops on the street around where
I park. I mentioned that to my mechanic when I went for an oil change. This
guy changed the oil and noted that there must be a leak because it was wet back
there. But after changing the oil and running it for half an hour, they
couldn't see any leaks.
A week later I thought I'd try the dealer and took my car over. They hoisted it
and 20 mintes later told me I had five leaks - valley pan, intake manifold,
valve cover gaskets, oil pump gasket-head gasket, oil pan gasket-flywheel seal.
Estimated cost to repair was $5,000!
How come all these leaks were so obvious to the dealer but not to my mechanic?
Any thoughts on all this?
Thanks very much.
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