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depending on how hot the motor got if everything is ok, you will almost always need to have the head milled if its not cracked prob around 1000 dollars




Yep,looks like around $1.200,looks like she will be scrapped,because It's not worth that much,car Is like new,and low mileage,but not worth the expense




First of all, need to take the head off to see if it is cracked. If it is, yeah it will run around $1000-$1200. I was lucky though. Did the same to my '93 Ply. Acclaim. Took the head off and sent it to a machine shop. There, they checked to see if it is cracked, checked good. Then the machine shop re-surface it and cleaned it up. Total cost-$200. I put a better head gasket on from Mopar(new one is a better material and thickness) for $40. New head bolts with washers from Mopar-$20. Installed a new thermo and H2O pump for $40. A lot of cussing and patients but the car runs COOL now. All in all, roughly about $400 total with the parts as mentioned and new belts, oil change, and supplies

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