awesome, many thanks, I'll quit worrying about it.
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| Author: | Mountainman [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Buying CRDs with bad head gaskets. How likely cracked? |
Well, I have another one on my list, but if the head is cracked, I lose big! Any advice? |
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| Author: | jthomas999 [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 3:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Buying CRDs with bad head gaskets. How likely cracked? |
You can get a used head from VM specialists in the UK for about $475. Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | flman [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 7:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Buying CRDs with bad head gaskets. How likely cracked? |
Mountainman wrote: Well, I have another one on my list, but if the head is cracked, I lose big! Any advice? I have yet to read a post where a cracked head was the cause of combustion leakage, maybe some one else has? |
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| Author: | Mountainman [ Mon Apr 07, 2014 4:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Buying CRDs with bad head gaskets. How likely cracked? |
awesome, many thanks, I'll quit worrying about it.
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| Author: | ATXKJ [ Tue Apr 08, 2014 5:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Buying CRDs with bad head gaskets. How likely cracked? |
I had a cracked head replaced under extended warranty only symptom was killing glow plug number 2 - it would spray coolant on them. they found it by pressurizing the radiator and leaving it overnight -first thing in the morning - the glow plug had antifreeze on it. (ran great the entire time -no performance issues) |
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| Author: | Mountainman [ Tue Apr 08, 2014 5:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Buying CRDs with bad head gaskets. How likely cracked? |
Interesting, thanks for that. At least the heads are of good enough quality and design that we don't hear about many cracks. I'm glad they found it when still under warranty! |
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| Author: | grywlfbg [ Thu Apr 10, 2014 12:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Buying CRDs with bad head gaskets. How likely cracked? |
My CRD is on its 3rd head. First two warped and allowed combustion gas past the head gasket. Gasses eventually ate through the gasket and would blow a whole reservoir of coolant out the overflow every few miles. It actually just started doing it again (got a low coolant light after a 100-mile drive on Sunday - sure enough, overflow is full) so I am ditching this rig. Bought an 07 Grand Cherokee CRD this morning. I'm planning to donate my KJ to charity for the tax write off. It's worth ~$7,500 at auction (problem isn't bad enough that it will be detected at auction) so w/ a 40% tax rate makes it worth $3,000 cash. If anyone wants it for that price they're welcome to it. 2005 KJ CRD Limited 108,000 miles timing belt and pulleys done at 93k |
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| Author: | Mountainman [ Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Buying CRDs with bad head gaskets. How likely cracked? |
PM sent. Very interested! |
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