Robert, this is easy. Change the gasket as soon as possible after you determine that it is loosing coolant at the gasket. The coolant loss location can be a bit of a sticky wicket. gary --- robertmstewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I noticed that when I purchased my Van from the > Florida owner that the > gasket seals around the heads head caked on dried > oil. The compression test > on the van came out very good considering it has > 150,000 miles on it. > > My question is when should I replaced the head > gaskets? The van is running > great so right now I don?t see it to be a priority > but I do plan on a cross > county trip from NYC to Los Angles California. > > How much should it cost to replace the gaskets? > > And how long should it take? > > When would the engine need to have the heads redone? > > I have thought of putting in synthetic oil in > instead of the 20W50 I > currently use but I wonder if that will cause the > slow leak to get worse, > any ideas? > > Thanks for your advice in advance, > > Regards to all. > > Rob > > NYC > 89 Auto Carat
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