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Subject:Head gasket replacement: how much?
From:Jim Heissenbuttel
Date:Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:44:05 -0800

Well, it appears that I may have coolant leaking from the head gasket.
The engine is a remanufactured core that has about 30K on it (some
pretty tough miles, I admit), so I think it still has some life in it.

Questions are:

How much will the total cost of the job cost (ball park) for replacing
the head gasket?

Are there other things that I should have done while (I assume) the
engine is out?

Are the 2.1 L engines in the 86 and newer Westies that much better that
I should consider "upgrading" to a newer model year Westy?

Thanks in advance.

jh

83.5 WBX Westy

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