jeep overheated the other day and now i have symptoms of a blown headgasket . no choclate milk but i have over heating and white smoke out of the exhasut and passenger side of the engine so it's burning coolant . my delima is that the jeep is a '95 w/185k miles on and countless minor defects. i imagine i could find some sucker to give me a 1000$ for it, i could spend $250(not sure how much it cost to have heads milled) or so + a good bit of my time repairing the gasket and risk something else going wrong later i.e. tranny or i could try some engine block sealant and just ride the thing till the wheels fall off. if u were in my shoes what would u guys do??

7/8/2006 2:34:45 AM

what kinda jeep?

7/8/2006 2:37:46 AM

ride it til the wheels fall off on a $10 fix all the while looking and saving for a good deal on something else

7/8/2006 3:03:09 AM

it's a no frills grand cherokee. how long do you guys think it would last w. block seal? everybody i know who's used it dumped their vehicle on a clueless buyer right after sealing it up.

7/8/2006 3:11:24 AM

I drove one a long time with the carquest metallic liquid glass in it. it wasn't leaking as bad as yours is, though. it's worth the 10 dollars to try it.

[Edited on July 8, 2006 at 11:25 AM. Reason : ...]

7/8/2006 11:24:57 AM

if anything, get the $30 shit from napa or wherever. but i would just call the junkman

7/8/2006 12:35:09 PM

dont be a douche and unload it on someone without telling them. if you do do that then i hope you have the shittiest luck with vehichles the rest of your days. personally, i would try the cheap fix then drive it till it shits the bucket. grand cherokees are definitely a buyers market so you wouldnt get much for it even if it was in excellent shape.

7/11/2006 11:08:22 PM

^i concur.

7/11/2006 11:12:42 PM

Block sealer. The sodium silicate "liquid glass" kind. I did me pap's truck with it last year, and it's still holding. 25k miles later...

On the down side, the fucking thermostat was the big reason the fucker blew the head gasket in the first place. I shoulda replaced the damn thing prior to doing the block sealer, but didn't. So...the damn thing boils over while I'm doing the sealer. Gets so low on water that the tops of the flues were exposed. I think some of them sealed over.

Bottom line is, shortly thereafter, the fucking radiator tank splits (plastic), and I end up replacing it. 200 dolla vs. 1200 for a used engine.

I still came out ahead significantly.

7/11/2006 11:19:06 PM

i wasn't sayin i was gonna seal it up and sell it. i'm sayin i could get 1000$ for it w. a blown gasket.

7/11/2006 11:56:34 PM

Is this a six or an eight cylinder?

What tranny?

7/12/2006 12:31:23 AM

block sealer liquid glass? any specific brand?

7/12/2006 1:54:02 AM

I've used K&W (same folks that make Copper Coat spray gasket compound).

Carquest also has their store brand. And Prestone markets their own as well. They are all pretty much the same.

http://www.crcindustries.com/auto/content/prod_detail.aspx?PN=401016&S=N

[Edited on July 12, 2006 at 2:11 AM. Reason : There's a link to the K&W]

7/12/2006 2:03:29 AM

it's a 5.2 i think it's the 44re ??

so is the k&w in the link the "liquid glass " it says metallic i dont know if that means it's made of metal or if it's used to repair metal.

7/12/2006 9:38:25 AM

sounds like a pain in the but. but ill give it a shot this weekend possibly.

thx

7/12/2006 9:43:01 AM

^^ http://www.jeeptech.com/trans/46rh.html

that should be your tranny

7/12/2006 9:59:33 AM

ok whoops maybe it is i mknow my jeep is a 95.5. ode that matter or were u just curious?

7/12/2006 9:32:41 PM