I have a 96 Trans Am Lt1 that needs to have the head gasket replaced. Anyone know of a reasonable shop or person to do it? I live near Lake Elsinore and have a 3 car garage but just a little afriad to take on the project myself but can assit someone if they came out.

No problems paying cash for good quailty work.

You can reach me by email at reid@gameoverracing.com.

Thanks

 

how much are you willing to pay? my friend and i will be able to do it. we just finished doing the same thing on his 95 z28. it took us about two weeks then, but now it should take no more than 2-3 days....let me know

 

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I take it you are still needing the head gasket replaced. What confirms that it is actually the head gasket? Did it blow? Are you mixing oil and coolant? Did you run a compression test?

I'll ask a few questions before you get into that replacement. If it overheated and messed up the head gasket, you may need to mill the heads flat again/eliminate warpage to the aluminum. If you did mix water and oil, then the heads will need to be soaked and cleaned to get the gunk out of the oil galleries.

If there is oil mixed with the coolant, then your oil filter is in by-pass mode. Change that and flush the engine. Then change the oil and flush again.

Is it just a coolant to the combustion chamber blow? Then something was corroding the gasket in the first place. You can check for electrolysis by using a DVOM. Put one tip (red) in the coolant (not touching metal) and the other (black) on the negative terminal. If you get 0.025, you've got electrolysis and you have some corrosion issues with your cooling system which if left unattended (perhaps already if it is eating a head gasket) you will have issues with your radiator and heater core along with your aluminum heads.

Did you check your dipstick? Did it look like oil or thick chocolate milk.

Just a few questions before you go into it that deep.

Greg

 

chocolate milk. I have not been driving it. I drained the oil last night very milkey

 

That is definately a head gasket then. There is also the possibility of "hydro-locking" the engine. When the heads are pulled, if you have access to a dial indicator hand crank the engine and measure each piston at their peak. If one is off, then that rod is probably bent.

Did you pull the plugs to see if coolant/chocolate milk squirts out of one cylinder?

That could help isolate the procedure.

I'm asking these questions because even though you get your head gasket replaced, you may have some mechanical damage (bent rods, bearings that have been slimed and spun, cracked hypereutechtic pistons, cracked heads, warped heads, etc).