Lately my car has been leaving oil stains all over the place, and they have been growing bigger. I had a friend check it over, and tell me that, it's probably leaking from the head gasket.
Has anyone had any problems with this? Is it expensive to fix? I live in Chicago, so if anyone knows of a good mechanic in the chicago area please let me know
David
Your friend is probably wrong. But hey, what are friends for? It is much more likely the valve cover gasket than the head gasket. If it were the head gasket you would have worse problems than a little oil leakage. Valve cover gaskets are inexpensive and it is a fairly non-invasive job so it should not take more than 1 hour total labor.
More likely a valve cover gasket, but you don't mention what engine you have. That'd matter, a lot. Head gaskets don't usually fail in a "drip oil on the driveway" mode, they fail with running and/or unusual exhaust smoke color symptoms.
I think that question is premature, let's make sure that's what you need first.
Dave Hinz
The 1995 900S in the US has a 2.3L naturally-aspirated 4-cylinder. Not sure about other markets.
Heh... beat you by 3 minutes, Dave. ;-)
But at least we came to the same conclusion!!
Sure, but my answer had more...panache...
Yuppers.
Dave "More panache'ish than you, neener-neener-neener" Hinz
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