The end of my Aztek

[EliteSofaYT]

Hey everyone, I’m sad to say that my Aztek is dead. It was a fun car to own, and drive for the three weeks I was able to drive it. The people that had this thing before me really did not take good care of it, using stop leak on the radiator, and skimping on repairs. The nail in the coffin is a blown head gasket. I don’t have the tools necessary to fix it, and it’s not all that’s wrong with it, so it’s literally one thing after another. I have to let it go. I have it for sale, I’m in SoCal, the chassis and body is fine no rust or anything, and the motor does still run, no smoke or anything, I just can’t keep pouring money into it.
$900 and the whole lot is yours.

 

[melsg5]

How did you determine it has a blown head gasket?
There is a product on the market that supposedly will seal some blown gaskets.
It is added to the engine coolant.

 

[EliteSofaYT]

How did you determine it has a blown head gasket?
There is a product on the market that supposedly will seal some blown gaskets.
It is added to the engine coolant.

The cooling system took about 3 gallons of coolant, and one day it all disappeared. we couldn't figure out where it was going until we pulled the dipstick. I sold it to these really cool people that sell this chemical that does exactly that, one of them was a chemictry teacher and he was just screwing around and discovered it worked on the cooling system of a vehicle. So he buys these cars for dirt cheap and fixes them in front of the seller. made me feel really stupid for selling it to him, but my Aztek was cursed/possessed, or it just didn't like me.

 

[NotAProMechanic]

You don't need much to replace a head gasket, just a torque wrench and the hardware (a set of gaskets, head bolts & intake manifold bolts), alongside some common tools (10 mm wrench/socket, 8 mm wrench/socket, 13 mm wrench/socket, 15 mm wrench and long socket, flat head screwdriver) and a container for the oil and another one for the coolant, as well as new oil, new coolant and an oil filter, in total, probably 200 bucks