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My car now has a second hand VS engine fitted (140,000km) and it seems to run very well. But from the first day I got the car back from the mechanic, I find the car has leaked a small amount of coolant when I check in the morning (50-100ml?), dripping from the sump. This only happens...

Thanks for the feedback from everyone. If I had to do it all again, I would have opted for some of the suggestions I have seen here first, like a proper bleed of the coolant after the heater tap replacement, or getting a donor car or engine from Ebay. Our mechanic seems to be doing his honest...

All I was told by the mechanic was that the compression test showed bubbles in the radiator coolant, thus he concluded the head was cracked. Bubbles in the cooling system possibly being due to the heater tap repair sounds much more likely to me, even though I saw the other mechanic bleeding...

I watch my temp gauge like a hawk all the time after a blown head gasket and warped head in another car years ago. Engine seemed smooth until the day the heater tap blew as I pulled over, with the temp gauge half-way. The 5-20 second "rough idle, then smooth and fine" issue on cold start...

I spoke to the mechanic today - this is the third day the replacement engine was supposed to arrive, but didn't. He told me the supplier admitted that the replacement engine had "serious problems" before being sold, did he still want it? The mechanic said he told him "I don't want a dud...

The mechanic has quoted me $1100-1200 for the second-hand engine replacement (engine cost is $690, the rest is labour) The second hand engine has 190,000km on the clock. But I have no idea what its history is (and this is a risk isn't it? Never know what the replacement engine went through) We...

Cracked Head - Does this sound right? I was gifted a 1996 Holden Commodore VS V6 Equippe 18 months ago by my employer (he was getting a new car). It currently has 290,000km on the clock. This is for use as a family car (three kids). I drive very conservatively at all times, putting minimum...