Hello everyone,
I have an opportunity to buy an 06 STi for $10,000 that has a blown head gasket. Question is should I jump on it?
As stated the car is a 2006. He is the original owner and it has about 102k on the car and motor. The head gasket blew because he was having radiator issues for 20k miles and instead of fixing it he just kept adding coolant to the car.
The reason why he is letting it go for so cheap is he thinks it is going to cost $6,000 to rebuild the motor and is reducing the price for the added cost. I have experience in building motor and replacing head gaskets.
Best case would be I buy the car, the head isn't warped and the block has no damage. I would just replace small parts like o-rings, valve stem seals, and change the head gaskets.
Worst case is I would have to rebuild, buy a short block, or buy a used motor.
Thanks for your input
I have an opportunity to buy an 06 STi for $10,000 that has a blown head gasket. Question is should I jump on it?
As stated the car is a 2006. He is the original owner and it has about 102k on the car and motor. The head gasket blew because he was having radiator issues for 20k miles and instead of fixing it he just kept adding coolant to the car.
The reason why he is letting it go for so cheap is he thinks it is going to cost $6,000 to rebuild the motor and is reducing the price for the added cost. I have experience in building motor and replacing head gaskets.
Best case would be I buy the car, the head isn't warped and the block has no damage. I would just replace small parts like o-rings, valve stem seals, and change the head gaskets.
Worst case is I would have to rebuild, buy a short block, or buy a used motor.
Thanks for your input