The sister of a co-worker wants to transfer an old Malibu to my co-
worker for (at the minimum) the price of repairing the engine's head
gasket. Is this practical? Will my co-worker have to worry about
replacing the gasket every few tens of thousands of miles?

-d

On Sep 23, 6:03 am, "Mike Marlow" <mmarlowREM...@alltel.net> wrote:
> "Carthell" <carth...@charm.net> wrote in message
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> news:f7269fe7-583f-4aab-a47f-d138bdac3732@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
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> > The sister of a co-worker wants to transfer an old Malibu to my co-
> > worker for (at the minimum) the price of repairing the engine's head
> > gasket. Is this practical? Will my co-worker have to worry about
> > replacing the gasket every few tens of thousands of miles?
>
> > -d
>
> No, not if it's done right. But I have to ask - are you quite certain it's
> a head gasket that requires replacement? That's not very common on
> Malibu's. More likely it's an intake manifold gasket. Now, that's very
> common.
>
> --
>
> -Mike-
> mmarlowREM...@alltel.net

I'll ask to check. Thanks for your reply.

-d